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Aug 08, 2017 rated it it was amazing
There's some debate among the reviewers about whether Gyasi accomplished her goal of giving us each generation of these families in a short story form which connected with previous and future generations. It certainly was successful for my reading. I needed to occasionally flip back to the family trees at the beginning or look at a previous chapter to make sure I was following correctly. But, that was not a problem. In general, this is one of my favorite books I've read this year. ...more
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A family split in two by slavery. A story told in successive generations. Not to be missed.
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