Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing: A novel (Soft Cover) Sociology and the Civil War itself

and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery

keen sense of irony

Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming will find much to love in these books

She describes a nightmare of traumas

” “lazy lubbers

Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing: A novel (Soft Cover) Sociology and the Civil War itselfWinner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize A New York Times 2016 Notable Book One of Oprahs 10 Favorite Books of 2016 NPR's Debut Novel of the Year One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016 One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016 Homegoing is an inspiration. Ta Nehisi Coates The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married