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Homegoing / 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 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: 9781101947135
  • ISBN: 1101947136
  • ISBN: 9780451493835
  • ISBN: 0451493834
  • Physical Description: 305 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
910L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6 18 182425.
Subject: Women > Ghana > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
African Americans > History > Fiction.
Women.
Womyn.
Ghana > History > 18th century > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 58 of 75 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 4 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 75 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kenly Public Library FIC Gyasi (Text) 38950611030968 Adult Fiction Checked out 05/14/2025
Mary Duncan Public Library FIC Gyasi (Text) 38950610999601 Adult Fiction Available -
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield FIC Gyasi (Text) 38950611383938 Adult Fiction Checked out 05/17/2025
Selma Public Library FIC Gyasi (Text) 38950611217300 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F GYASI (Text) 39493107926372 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library F Gyasi (Text) 34269001192906 Adult Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library F GYASI (Text) 40599001104143 Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library F GYA (Text) 50503300417856 Adult Fiction Available -
BHM Headquarters Library Fic (Text) 38344101578886 Adult Fiction In process -
Beaufort Main F GYASI (Text) 34208203164982 Adult Fiction Available -

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