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In yaa gyasis debut novel homegoing, every character granted his or her own chapter is a descendent of two 18thcentury, ghanaian halfsisters. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are cobbe otcher, effia otcher. I give 5 sparkling stars to yaa gyasis homegoing, the best debut novel i have perused for the current year. Response to yaa gyasis novel homegoing working paper pdf available may 2017 with 1,897 reads.
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