From the Bookshelf of Crazy Challenge Connection…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
There are books and there are great books. This one is of the last category.
The impressive story follows the descendants of two half sisters from their origins in Africa, picking one descendant in each generation. The novel spans 300 years, set both in Ghana and the US.
Each descendant gets his/her own small story, a short look in her/his life.
As a whole the novel is not a collection of short stories, but forms a fascinating mosaic which describes the living conditions the different generations ...more
The impressive story follows the descendants of two half sisters from their origins in Africa, picking one descendant in each generation. The novel spans 300 years, set both in Ghana and the US.
Each descendant gets his/her own small story, a short look in her/his life.
As a whole the novel is not a collection of short stories, but forms a fascinating mosaic which describes the living conditions the different generations ...more
I'm so glad I read this book. I learned so much about the history of Ghana, the different people that live there, and what challenges they faced from the British and from themselves. The story is told from the perspective of 8 generations, from a woman named Maame who had two daughters, one born of rape, and the other born of marriage, and how those daughters never met each other. Their paths diverged, with one marrying a British soldier and the other being caught and sent across the sea to be a
...more
Amazing Read!
Aug 20, 2016
Lena
marked it as to-read
Sep 06, 2016
Skandia
marked it as to-read
Nov 25, 2016
Gretchen Hicks
marked it as to-read
Nov 27, 2016
☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
marked it as to-read
Dec 27, 2016
Iniya
marked it as to-read
Jan 03, 2017
Audrey Dellinger
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2017
Christy
marked it as to-read
Jun 15, 2017
Megs
marked it as to-read
Feb 08, 2018
Hania Gamal
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2019
Rianne
marked it as to-read
Jan 31, 2020
Jhmingos
marked it as to-read
Sep 28, 2020
No Name
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2021
Mandy
marked it as to-read
Jun 24, 2021
Jodi Willetts
marked it as to-read
