Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection Effia and Esi two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery one a slave traders wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cottonpicking 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 Paperback softback