Homegoing

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE ΓÇó WINNER OF THE PEN / HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION ΓÇó Ghana,eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villageseach 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 villageimprisoned in the very same castleand sold into slavery. One of OprahΓÇÖs Best Books of the YearHomegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippifrom the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa GyasiΓÇÖs extraordinary novel illuminates slaveryΓÇÖs troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayedΓÇöand shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.