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Yaa gyasi transcendent kingdom review5/30/2023 Tracing her family's story through continents and generations will take her deep into the dark heart of modern America. Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers.īut when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away. this is really interesting look at human relationships with a scientific objectivity, an enjoyable read.Īs a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. **From the bestselling author of Homegoing**. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi ( paperback March 2022) £8.99
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