Homegoing
3 journalers for this copy...
In 18th century Ghana, two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations, from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to the Jazz Age in Harlem.
Wow! I picked up this book at random on a sale table at Barnes & Noble, not expecting anything special because I'm not always a fan of epic tales of family spread across many generations. But this was done so well! Rather than trying to capture the entirety of everyone's life, it presented short vignettes of each generation, each a short story complete in itself but connected to the others through the family line. Entertaining, thought provoking, and eye opening.
I'm counting this for Africa (Ghana) in the 666 Around the World Reading Challenge and for Y in the A-Z Authors Reading Challenge.
I'm counting this for Africa (Ghana) in the 666 Around the World Reading Challenge and for Y in the A-Z Authors Reading Challenge.
Journal Entry 3 by hobbit at Sweepstakes , -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Saturday, December 4, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (12/4/2021 UTC) at Sweepstakes , -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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This was one of my top reads for 2021. I'm sending it as a prize in the Unusual Countries Sweepstake, as the author was born in Ghana and the book begins and is connected there. Enjoy!
Journal Entry 4 by bookfrogster at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, December 11, 2021
I am SO HAPPY to get this book. I read it 3 years ago, then bookcrossed that copy. I had been thinking about it again recently and really wanting to re-read it, and as if by magic, it arrives through my letterbox! Thank you so much Hobbit, this was a great choice!
Journal Entry 5 by bookfrogster at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 22, 2021
This was just as good as the first time I read it. The chapter that has stuck with me both times is the one called Kojo. As the reader, I felt a huge shock and sense of loss with what happened to Anna. Don't want to give anything else away. It made me think that if that was my reaction, it can only have been a miniscule fraction of how it must have felt for those people who experienced that same thing in real life. Thank you again for sending this one Hobbit.
And off it goes in the Already Crossed Book Box to find a new reader.
Taken from the Already Crossed bookbox.