{"product_id":"transcendent-kingdom-yaa-gyasi","title":"Transcendent Kingdom;  Yaa Gyasi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranscendent Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugust 31, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYAA GYASI was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she held a Dean's Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYAA GYASI is available for select speaking engagements. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@penguinrandomhouse.com or visit prhspeakers.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47883818565954,"sku":"","price":11.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/kingdom.jpg?v=1708967916","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/transcendent-kingdom-yaa-gyasi","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}