A powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.

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A powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.
Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Her debut novel, Homegoing, won her the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” honors for 2016, and the American Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn.