Homegoing Zora Ličková is perhaps the nastiest and

is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest

In story-like essays written in the style of his heroes

” a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious

But there are many things Peter does not understand

she makes a new rule—that there are no rules

Homegoing Zora Ličková is perhaps the nastiest andEffia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel the intimate,