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Homegoing

by Yaa Gyasi

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE • WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION • Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. One of Oprah’s Best Books of t...

First published: 2016 321 pages ISBN: 9781101947142
Category
History
Priority
Recommended
Author works
2
Language
eng
Subjects
African American Historical FictionLGBTQ historical fictionsagaliterary fictionhistorical fictionwomenslaveryAfrican AmericanshistoryFICTION

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