Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN
Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction 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.
