{"id":49240,"date":"2023-11-01T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=49240"},"modified":"2023-10-13T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:11:05","slug":"online-reading-challenge-november-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/online-reading-challenge-november-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reading Challenge – November"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Welcome Readers!<\/p>\n

This month the Online Reading Challenge travels to Africa. Our Main title for November is Homegoing<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Yaa Gyasi. Here\u2019s a quick summary from the publisher.<\/p>\n

Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and sold into slavery.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of Oprah\u2019s Best Books of the Year, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi\u2019s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery\u2019s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed\u2014and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.<\/em><\/p>\n

This title is also available in large print, CD audiobook, and as a Libby eBook.<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for some other materials set in Africa? Try any of the following. As always, check each of our locations for displays with lots more titles to choose from!<\/p>\n

Fiction Picks<\/span><\/p>\n