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Homegoing : a novel

Gyasi, Yaa (author.).

Summary: "Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery. Stretching from the tribal wars of Ghana to slavery and Civil War in America, from the coal mines in the north to the Great Migration to the streets of 20th century Harlem, Yaa Gyasi's has written a modern masterpiece, a novel that moves through histories and geographies and--with outstanding economy and force--captures the troubled spirit of our own nation"--

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  • ISBN: 9781101971062
  • ISBN: 9781101947135
  • ISBN: 1101947136
  • Physical Description: 305 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c.2016.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0

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Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 6.0 18 18 182425

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Subject: African Americans History Fiction
Slavery Fiction
Ghana History 18th century Fiction
Women Ghana Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50687011444950 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50686015018240 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50686015580280 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50686015580298 Storage Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50688010688506 Adult Fiction Available -
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50686015017762 Main Floor Available -
Valley Community Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50690011072755 Adult Fiction Available -
Valley Community Library FICTION GYASI (Text) 50690011077267 Adult Fiction Available -
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