Large Print Book
Homegoing
Record details
- ISBN: 0735208190
- ISBN: 9780735208193
- Physical Description: 468 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel"--Cover. |
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| Subject: | Large type books Families Fiction Intermarriage Fiction Slavery Fiction Women, Black Fiction Sisters Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Hanover Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howe Library | LT FIC GYA | 31254003453426 | Large type - Main floor | Available | - |
Summary:
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister Esi will be imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle's women's dungeon, and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, where she will be sold into slavery"--