Homegoing is by Yaa Gyasi. An epic historical fiction multi-cultural journey spanning eight generations. Two half-sisters are born in Ghana in the 1700s in two different villages; they are completely unaware of each other. One marries a white slaver and moves to Cape Coast Castle never knowing her half-sister is below in the dungeon waiting to be sold as a slave in America. This magnificent story traces the story of their family down eight generations from tribal conflict to the founding of modern Ghana; from the plantations in the American South, to the Civil War, to the Jazz Age in Harlem, up to the modern day.
Ratings: 12th grade - 7 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content) - V (violence).
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