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Homegoing : a novel / Yaa Gyasi.

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"-- Provided by publisher

Record details

  • ISBN: 1101947136
  • ISBN: 9781101947135
  • ISBN: 9781101971062
  • Physical Description: 305 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c.2016.

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 6.0 18 18 182425
Subject: Women > Ghana > Fiction.
Ghana > History > 18th century > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
African Americans > History > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 66 of 74 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 74 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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 -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F GYA (Text) 37268002198729 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F GYA (Text) 33240004899327 Adult Fiction In Repair -
Bangor Public Library F GYA (Text) 75011000356979 Adult Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library GYA (Text) 33249022417087 Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Gya (Text) 85131001518209 CACM Fiction On Display -
Cambria County Library FICTION Gya (Text) 85131001880625 CACM Fiction Available -

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