Paperback copy of “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi

Looking to grow your personal library? Bid today for your chance to win this copy of “Homegoing” by Ghanaian-American novelist, Yaa Gyasi. Short note about the book: “A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American novel. Extraordinary for its exquisite language, its implacable sorrow, its soaring beauty, and for its monumental portrait of the forces that shape families and nations, Homegoing heralds the arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.” About Author (pulled from facebook page): Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Her debut novel, Homegoing, received the PEN/Hemingway Award and the National Book Critics Circle/John Leonard Award. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn.