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Family saga reveals interwoven love and betrayal.

If you have ever felt both drawn to and estranged from your roots, "Ghana Must Go" might resonate deeply with you. Taiye Selasi's tale of the Sai family deftly explores the complexities of identity, belonging, and reconciliation. It's not just a book; it's a journey through a family's layered stories, each character a thread in the colorful tapestry of their shared history—unraveling with grief but rewoven with hope. Selasi's prose is both poetic and evocative, inviting you to feel every emotion along with the Sais.

  • PEN Open Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2014)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Debut Author (2014)
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Ghana Must Go

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ISBN: 9780670919871
Authors: Taiye Selasi
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2013-03-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.85
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This is the story of a family -- of the simple, devastating ways in which families tear themselves apart, and of the incredible lengths to which a family will go to put itself back together. It is the story of one family, the Sais, whose good life crumbles in an evening; a Ghanaian father, Kweku Sai, who becomes a highly respected surgeon in the US only to be disillusioned by a grotesque injustice; his Nigerian wife, Fola, the beautiful homemaker abandoned in his wake; their eldest son, Olu, determined to reconstruct the life his father should have had; their twins, seductive Taiwo and acclaimed artist Kehinde, both brilliant but scarred and flailing; their youngest, Sadie, jealously in love with her celebrity best friend. All of them sent reeling on their disparate paths into the world. Until, one day, tragedy spins the Sais in a new direction. This is the story of a family: torn apart by lies, reunited by grief. A family absolved, ultimately, by that bitter but most tenuous bond: familial love. Ghana Must Go interweaves the stories of the Sais in a rich and moving drama of separation and reunion, spanning generations and cultures from West Africa to New England, London, New York and back again. It is a debut novel of blazing originality and startling power by a writer of extraordinary gifts. Ghana Must Go is both a
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Family saga reveals interwoven love and betrayal.

If you have ever felt both drawn to and estranged from your roots, "Ghana Must Go" might resonate deeply with you. Taiye Selasi's tale of the Sai family deftly explores the complexities of identity, belonging, and reconciliation. It's not just a book; it's a journey through a family's layered stories, each character a thread in the colorful tapestry of their shared history—unraveling with grief but rewoven with hope. Selasi's prose is both poetic and evocative, inviting you to feel every emotion along with the Sais.

  • PEN Open Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2014)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Debut Author (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.