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What: Transcendent Kingdom Who: Yaa Gyasi Pages: 264, hard cover; Genre: Contemporary fiction; Published: 2020; The lit: of 5 flames In a recent #grateful post, I wrote how virtual book events have been a true joy in a year full of crap.One of those events featured author Yaa Gyasi.I previously didn’t know much about her new novel, Transcendent Kingdom, but I had read her debut, … Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanain immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief — a novel about faith, science, religion, love. The flawed Gifty is a Stanford PhD neuroscience researcher looking for answers to human suffering in science, looking to reconcile it with the childhood religious faith and beliefs that she grew up with in a narrative that goes back and forth in time. (book covers link to Goodreads.com) Recent Reads Welcome back. And that’s a wrap: 6 books like Transcendent Kingdom! SHIPPING AND RETURNS. A powerful and exquisitely written character driven novel that touches on the fundamental philosophical questions of life and family life by Yaa Gyasi. I haven't read the first book by the author but once I started reading this latest release, I got completely hooked! 9. 5 strong stars: I absolutely LOVED every second of listening to “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi. Goodreads' 2020 Choice Awards - Opening Round Nominees - Best Fiction show list info. Cart {{ product.title }} ... Goodreads reviews for Transcendent Kingdom. It is a novel for all times. I barely breathe, breaking out in sobs. , I’m learning that sometimes it’s better to put a book down and come back to it. In the book, Transcendent Kingdom, we meet a family that were from Ghana living in Alabama. Title: Transcendent Kingdom Author: Yaa Gyasi Publication date: September 1, 2020 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pages: 288 Genre: Psychological fiction Synopsis. Yet, this story is so amazing, so abundant with real and emotional observations, I wish I had the hard copy. Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut. Though the book didn’t quite hit me as hard personally, I still think there’s a lot of emotional depth within the writing and felt a lot of sympathy for the protagonist and her family. I couldn’t agree more. We don’t even know the questions we need to ask in order to find out, but when we learn one tiny little thing, a dim light comes on in a dark hallway, and suddenly a new question appears. – GoodReads.com. A gorgeously woven narrative about a woman trying to survive the grief of a brother lost to addiction and a mother trapped in depression while pursuing her ambitions. [Until the father gives up trying to make a new life for himself in this country of dreams and returns to Ghana, where "neighbors will greet you instead of turning their heads away like they don't know you", "where you can eat food fresh from the ground. Gifty is a brilliant neuroscience student, studying addiction and depression in the neural pathways of mice. But then as I delved into the story, I saw themes that I find difficult and I was resisting. Audiobook... read by the brilliant Bahni Turpin. Their son, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died from a heroin overdose as a result of being addicted to pain meds after an accident. Turpin gave the story life; Gyasi gave the story the complexity of humanity. I don't typically like books that eventually push religion on the reader or where it blatantly tells the reader that a particular religion is true, etc. I read a few books in between that suited my mood better, and then I d. I’m learning that sometimes it’s better to put a book down and come back to it. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut. Ask a ton of questions.”, “If I've thought of my mother as callous, and many times I have, then it is important to remember what a callus is: the hardened tissue that forms over a wound.”, Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2020). It will get better. I was so excited when I started reading this and expectations were high. She’s brilliant, a dedicated scientist at a world class institution, but also a loner who wants human connection but pushes it away at every turn. Such a Fun Age (Kiley Reid) 11. I think this was a very powerful book that deserved a different ending, less rushed and more thoughful.