Home Going

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.

Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing
and profound debut from a masterly new writer.

‘This incredible book travels from Ghana to the US revealing how slavery
destroyed so many families, traditions and lives – and how its terrifying
impact is still reverberating now. Gyasi has created a story of real power
and insight’ Stylist, the Decade’s 15 Best Books by Remarkable Women

Selected for Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the
National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the Beautiful
Book Award 2017