Why did I love this book?
Homegoing is a powerful novel that seamlessly weaves together different eras of the African American experience by highlighting the struggles that one family faces across generations from enslavement to segregation to modern challenges that stem from those troubling legacies.
At the same time, the novel similarly examines the generational challenges of a distantly-related family in Ghana and shows how the two family’s fates are cosmically intertwined.
11 authors picked Homegoing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
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Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself.…