INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize
In eighteenth-century Ghana, two half-sisters are born into separate villages, unaware of each other’s existence. One marries an Englishman and lives in the palatial halls of Cape Coast Castle. The other is captured during a village raid, imprisoned in the same castle, and sold into slavery.
Homegoing traces the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants over eight generations—from the Gold Coast to Mississippi plantations, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary debut is a powerful exploration of slavery’s lasting impact on both those who were taken and those who stayed behind.
Named one of Oprah’s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing is a sweeping, unforgettable novel that illuminates the enduring legacy of captivity and resilience.
