Homegoing : a novel
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First Vintage books edition.
ISBN
1101971061, 9781101971062, 1518194524, 9781518194528
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
910L
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2017.
Edition
First Vintage books edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1101971061, 9781101971062, 1518194524, 9781518194528
UPC
9781101971062
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6, 18 Points
Lexile measure
910

Notes

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Subtitle from cover.
General Note
"Reading Group Guide available at www.ReadingGroupCenter.com"--Back cover.
Description
"Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation."--,Provided by publisher.
Description
"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 captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle 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. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast and tribal wars of Ghana, to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to the Great Migration north to the streets of 20th century Harlem and the Jazz Age. Yaa Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation."--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gyasi, Y. (2017). Homegoing: a novel (First Vintage books edition.). Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gyasi, Yaa. 2017. Homegoing: A Novel. Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gyasi, Yaa. Homegoing: A Novel Vintage Books, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gyasi, Yaa. Homegoing: A Novel First Vintage books edition., Vintage Books, 2017.

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