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Yaa Gyasi

Start date: March 22, 2017

Finish date: March 31, 2017

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Aug 05, 2017 Gabriela rated it it was amazing

Shelves: examined-lives, nook, favorites, faraway-lands, buddyreads, readtheworld

This book made so much sense! Its structure is so strong and beautiful that it took me through ages of family history in an honest way,being full of sensibility and strength, so delightfully complete.

I wanted to hug Marjorie and Marcus in the end, being so happy that they both found what they had been looking for through each other. And they also completed the journey of all the generations before them, starting with Effia.

Water and fire are symbols of unity and purpose in this novel, chasing e ...more

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Apr 08, 2017 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, africa, new-york, read-in-2017, march-madness-challenege-2017, ghana, slavery, alabama

The book begins with two half sisters in Ghana, Effia and Esi, one of whom marries a British colonel and the other is sold in slavery. We then follow their ancestors through many generations. Each chapter is devoted to a different person. The book is very ambitious, covering over 200 years in 300 pages. I felt like it tried to cover too much in a relatively short space. Each chapter was around 30 pages long. I didn't feel like enough time was devoted to any one character to really get to know th ...more

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