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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 the Year, Homegoing follows 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 Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.

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    • Release date

      June 7, 2016

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        • ISBN: 9781101947142
        • File size: 5443 KB

      • EPUB ebook

        • ISBN: 9781101947142
        • File size: 5698 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Levels

      • ATOS Level: 6
      • Lexile® Measure: 910
      • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
      • Text Difficulty: 4-5

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    Formats

    • Kindle Book
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    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:6
    • Lexile® Measure:910
    • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty:4-5