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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.

Homegoingfollows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasis extraordinary novel illuminates slaverys troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayedand shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.

Yaa Gyasiwas born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama.She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she held a Deans Graduate Research Fellowship.She lives in New York City.

• Paperback:320 pages
• Publisher:Vintage; Reprint edition (May 2, 2017)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:1101971061
• ISBN-13:9781101971062,9781101947135 (Hardcover)
• Product Dimensions:5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight:8.8 ounces
• Alt: Home Going