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This was a beautiful book. I loved reading about the seven generations of two African families and seeing the similarities and differences between their two paths.
It wasn't always an easy book to read - there's slavery, oppression, betrayal and heartbreak. But it was powerful and thought provoking and deeply true. If you want an epic that's moving but also easy to read, you can't do much better than this book.
I hope Yaa Gyasi has many more books inside her because I will read all of them. ...more
It wasn't always an easy book to read - there's slavery, oppression, betrayal and heartbreak. But it was powerful and thought provoking and deeply true. If you want an epic that's moving but also easy to read, you can't do much better than this book.
I hope Yaa Gyasi has many more books inside her because I will read all of them. ...more
This book blew me away. I'm struggling to write this review because I don't know how to explain the heartbreaking devastation of this book. If I hadn't picked this for our book group, I might have put it down because it was difficult to take in just how truly evil human beings can be to one another. I'm so glad I hung in there; this is one of those books that will stay with me forever.
I don't think the author set out with this objective in mind, but this book may be the best argument for reparat ...more
I don't think the author set out with this objective in mind, but this book may be the best argument for reparat ...more
Wow.
Jan 31, 2019
Christina
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it was amazing
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Shelves:
historical-fiction,
tbr-for-2019
Beautifully written, weaving through the lives of 14 people across the generations (I believe it covers about 300 years?). The story of two sisters who've never met, whose lives are both irrevocably shaken by the slave trade in Africa and then over to England and America. This book is so well researched and manages to cover over 14 chapters many culturally relevant topics from various aspects of the slave trade, sexual trauma, substance use, freedom, identity, and as the name suggests, coming ho
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I feel weird not having a stronger reaction to this book but I struggled to establish an emotional connection to it, despite really admiring the abundant skill in its execution. It's a hugely accomplished interweaving of twin histories, covering hundreds of years on both sides of the Atlantic that come together in a truly glorious moment of hope at the story's end.
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Beautiful
A tremendously moving ,transgenerational story about race, history and our inability to escape the past, no matter how much time passes or how far we move from our roots
A tremendously moving ,transgenerational story about race, history and our inability to escape the past, no matter how much time passes or how far we move from our roots
Summer Bingo - with a cover that matches a WIP.
Wow. (more to come.)
Wow. (more to come.)
May 11, 2018
Lauren
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
1000-books-to-read-before-you-die
Jan 14, 2022
Caitlin H
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
favorites,
2022-favorites
May 23, 2020
Felicia Zondlo Ko
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audiobooks,
2020
Oct 14, 2023
Jody Rowan
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
immigrant-experience,
read-2023
