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Homegoing: A novel Audiobook
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Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize
A New York Times 2016 Notable Book
One of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016
NPR's Debut Novel of the Year
One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016
One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016
“Homegoing is an inspiration.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates
The unforgettable New York Times 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, Homegoing traces 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.
Effia 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 Homegoing 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, Homegoing 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.
Includes a PDF of the Family Tree
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"Great, great book"
— Deirdre (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Gyasi’s characters are so fully realized, so elegantly carved…She does not scold. She does not excuse. And she does not romanticize.”
— Ta-Nehisi Coates, #1 New York Times bestselling author -
"One of the most fantastic books I've read in a long time...you cry and you laugh as you're reading it...a beautiful story
— Trevor Noah. New York Times bestselling author -
“Narrator Dominic Hoffman does a masterful job…Hoffman’s deep baritone maximizes the myriad feelings at the heart of this sprawling historical tale…Hoffman’s performance captures the rhythms of West-African English, giving authenticity to the listening experience. This audiobook will keep listeners enthralled with these fierce heroines for hours.”
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“The arrival of a major new voice in American literature
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"Tremendous...spectacular...[HOMEGOING is] essential reading from a young writer whose stellar instincts, sturdy craftsmanship and penetrating wisdom seem likely to continue apace — much to our good fortune as readers.
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“The most powerful debut novel of 2016 . . . . Carrying on in the tradition of her foremothers—like Toni Morrison, Edwidge Danticat, Assia Djebar and Bessie Head—Gyasi has created a marvelous work of fiction that both embraces and re-writes history.
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"Each chapter is filled with so much emotion and depth and tackles so many different topics.... I didn't want to put it down.
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“A novel at once epic and intimate, capturing the moral weight of history as it bears down on individual struggles, hopes, and fears.”
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“A patchwork mastery of historical fiction.”
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“No novel has better illustrated the way in which racism became institutionalized in this country.”
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“A memorable epic of changing families and changing nations.”
— Chicago Tribune
Awards
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A BookPage Top Pick for June 2016
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An Elle Magazine Pick for Best Summer Reads
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A LibraryReads Pick for June 2016
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A New York Times Editor’s Choice
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A New York Times Bestseller
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A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
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A 2016 Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize Shortlist Selection
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Longlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal for Literature
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An Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year for 2016
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An NPR Best Book of 2016
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Audie Award Winner for Best Narration in Literary Fiction
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Winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award
Homegoing Listener Reviews
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Sheila Heil, 6/30/2022
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Wendy, 7/27/2019
About Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Berkeley, California.
About Dominic Hoffman
Dominic Hoffman, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration, has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice. He is a Los Angeles–based actor of stage, screen, and television. He has appeared in such television shows as The Shield, NYPD Blue, and The Jamie Foxx Show. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as well as the American Conservatory Theater.