![]() ![]() I am quite angry this is so good ― Roxane Gay Transcendent Kingdom is a novel for all timesĪbsolutely transcendent. There's bravery as well as beauty here ― Observer ReviewsĪ brilliant novel, with not a word out of place - Caleb Azumah Nelson ― Guardian, Best Books of 2021Ī piercing story of faith, science and the opioid crisis . Transcendent Kingdom is a searing story story of love, loss and redemption, and the myriad ways we try to rebuild our lives from the rubble of our collective pasts. Tracing her family's story through continents and generations will take her deep into the dark heart of modern America. ![]() But when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought. Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away. **From the bestselling author of Homegoing**Īs a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. ![]() ![]() Transcendent Kingdom: Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 – BookaliciousMY ![]()
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