![]() ![]() How can Gifty reconcile her professional ambitions and success with her burden of personal trauma? The story travels through time and across continents to explore the legacy of loss and sorrow. The dissolution of her family turns Gifty away from God and the fervent religiosity of her mother and towards neuroscience, seeking answers to both her brother’s addiction and her mother’s depression. ![]() Her mother’s unceasing efforts can’t pull them out of poverty, her brother Nana’s talent with sports can’t keep him from falling victim to the opioid epidemic, and her father’s kindness can’t save him from being cast as a ‘dangerous black man’ in the American South. With addiction and depression.īorn in Alabama to Ghanian parents, Gifty bears witness as her family crumbles under the pressure of achieving the American dream. Yaa Gyasi’s sophomore novel is a study of relationships. When I lost my brother, poof went the other two. I loved God, my brother, and my mother, in that order. ![]()
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