# Homegoing

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- Book: [Homegoing](https://www.bookquiver.com/yaa-gyasi/homegoing) ([Homegoing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yaa-gyasi/homegoing.md))
- Authors: [Yaa Gyasi](https://www.bookquiver.com/yaa-gyasi)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-524-4
- Published: 2016-06-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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.