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2. Homegoing (Gyasi novel) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Yaa Gyasi - Wikipedia

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   Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her work, most notably including her 2016 novel Homegoing and 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom, features themes of lineage, generational trauma, and Black and African identities. [1] [2] At the age of 26, Homegoing won Gyasi the National Book Critics Circle 's John Leonard Award for Best ...

4. Homegoing (Pohl novel) - Wikipedia

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   Homegoing is a science fiction novel by American author Frederik Pohl, first published in 1989 by Del Rey Books. The novel was one of the nominees for the Locus SF Award, one of the awards of the Hugo Awards. Plot summary. The protagonist, Lysander (Sandy) Washington, has been raised by aliens, the Hakh'hli.

5. Homegoing - Wikipedia

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   A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven. History [ edit ] In 1803, a slave ship landed in St. Simons Island, Georgia, with captive Africans from Nigeria carrying a cargo of Igbo people.

6. Heechee Saga - Wikipedia

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   Genre. Science fiction. The Heechee Saga, also known as the Gateway series, is a series of science fiction novels and short stories by Frederik Pohl. The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared. They left behind bases containing artifacts, including working ...

7. Taylor Jenkins Reid - Wikipedia

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   2013–present. Known for. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Daisy Jones & the Six. Spouse. Alex Jenkins Reid. Children. 1. Taylor Jenkins Reid is an American author most known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, One True Loves, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto is Back.