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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
5.0
Sometimes I finish a book and think I absolutely loved that book and move on to another without giving that original book another thought until I do a wrap up the end of the month where I choose my favourites from the month. This one however, has me feeling that the next book I read wont even compare.
Homegoing tells the story of two half sisters, Effia and Esi. Born to different villages, who grow up in different circumstances, and have *very* different lives. The book tells the story of many of their descendants covering over 300 years. It goes into great detail of slavery in the 18th century, how slaves were captured, and sold, and brought to America, used in mines, moving from Ghana to the South (Alabama in this case) and to New York. There is so much tragedy on both sides of these families.
Homegoing is not an easy read. Often times, it's brutal in its depictions of what happened to these characters/people. I found myself thinking at times, did that really happen? and it is quite sad to think but yes, it did. I feel guilty that I enjoyed this book knowing this actually happened. To write a book so vivid on descriptions of Ghana and slavery and this epic saga over many years......I have no words.
It would take alot for a book to take out The Four Winds as #1 but Homegoing has done this. This is so far my best of 2021 so far.
Homegoing tells the story of two half sisters, Effia and Esi. Born to different villages, who grow up in different circumstances, and have *very* different lives. The book tells the story of many of their descendants covering over 300 years. It goes into great detail of slavery in the 18th century, how slaves were captured, and sold, and brought to America, used in mines, moving from Ghana to the South (Alabama in this case) and to New York. There is so much tragedy on both sides of these families.
Homegoing is not an easy read. Often times, it's brutal in its depictions of what happened to these characters/people. I found myself thinking at times, did that really happen? and it is quite sad to think but yes, it did. I feel guilty that I enjoyed this book knowing this actually happened. To write a book so vivid on descriptions of Ghana and slavery and this epic saga over many years......I have no words.
It would take alot for a book to take out The Four Winds as #1 but Homegoing has done this. This is so far my best of 2021 so far.