Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

earliest edition we have, 2016 Random House Large Print, 2016 paperback 468 pages

Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held captive in the dungeons bel...

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Editions we hold

Homegoing edition · 2019 · Spring International Publishers · 9789577412300
Volver a Casa / Homegoing edition · 2019 · Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (USA) LLC · 384 pages · 9788498389562
No home edition · 2018 · Librairie generale francaise · 9782253069072
Homegoing edition · 2017 · Penguin Books, Limited · 320 pages · 9780241242728
Tornar a casa paperback · 2017 · SALAMANDRA · 384 pages · 9788416310210
Volver a casa paperback · 2017 · Salamandra · 9788498387971
Homegoing edition · 2017 · Charnwood · 435 pages · 9781444834253
Homegoing paperback · 2017 · Vintage Books · 305 pages · 9781101971062
Homegoing edition · 2017 · Garzanti · 9788811147053
Homegoing edition · 2017 · Penguin Books, Limited · 320 pages · 9780241980446
Homegoing paperback · 2017 · Anchor Canada · 320 pages · 9780385686150
Heimför edition · 2017 · JPV · 9789935117687

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