{"title":"Yaa Gyasi","description":"Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she held a Dean's Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City.","products":[{"product_id":"homegoing-hardcover","title":"Homegoing - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e2016 Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eOne of Oprah's 10 Favorite Books of 2016\u003cbr\u003eNPR's Debut Novel of the Year\u003cbr\u003eOne of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 10 Novels of 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHomegoing \u003c\/i\u003eis an inspiration.\" --Ta-Nehisi Coates  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unforgettable \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, \u003ci\u003eHomegoing \u003c\/i\u003etraces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEffia and Esi are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and lives in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle. Unbeknownst to Effia, her sister, Esi, is imprisoned beneath her in the castle's dungeons, sold with thousands of others into the Gold Coast's booming slave trade, and shipped off to America, where her children and grandchildren will be raised in slavery. One thread of \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e follows Effia's descendants through centuries of warfare in Ghana, as the Fante and Asante nations wrestle with the slave trade and British colonization. The other thread follows Esi and her children into America. From the plantations of the South to the Civil War and the Great Migration, from the coal mines of Pratt City, Alabama, to the jazz clubs and dope houses of twentieth-century Harlem, right up through the present day, \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e makes history visceral, and captures, with singular and stunning immediacy, how the memory of captivity came to be inscribed in the soul of a nation.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101556445407,"sku":"9781101947135","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/UWtRYzBCUE15elI5TFJMbWlNb0tYdz09.webp?v=1781071718"},{"product_id":"homegoing-paperback","title":"Homegoing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK - \u003c\/b\u003eGhana, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne of Oprah's Best Books of the Year and a PEN\/Hemingway award winner, \u003ci\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101558018271,"sku":"9781101971062","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eHBjaGJxU29xMTZxQlpCNTl2bUxOdz09.webp?v=1781071721"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/yaa-gyasi.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}