influence is palpable in Gyasi's historicity and lyricism she shares Morrison's uncanny ability to crystalize, in a single event, slavery's moral and emotional fallout. By its conclusion, the characters' tales of loss and resilience have acquired an inexorable and cumulative emotional weight - Michiko Kakutani New York Times A marvellous novel Starred Publishers Weekly The brilliance of this structure, in which we know more than the characters do about the fate of their parents and children, pays homage to the vast scope of slavery without losing sight of its private devastation. It's impossible not to admire the ambition and scope of Homegoing. Homegoing is an inspiration - Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Book Award winning author of 'Between the World and Me' Wildly ambitious debut by a 26-year-old writer. I think I needed to remember what happens when you pair a gifted literary mind to an epic task. Roxane Gay I think I needed to read a book like this to remember what is possible. I recommend Homegoing without reservation. An intelligent, beautiful and healing read, destined to become a classic - Zadie Smith Shows the unmistakable touch of a gifted writer The New Yorker One of the richest, most rewarding reads of 2016 Elle Homegoing is one hell of a book. Homegoing is a novel I wish I could have read when I was a young woman. 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. 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. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Time,, Harper's Bazaar, San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, Esquire, Elle, Paste, Entertainment Weekly, the Skimm, PopSugar, Minneapolis Star Tribune, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, Financial Times Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the Year

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