To land in my top 5 best books to read before the year starts, you need to stand out - I’ve scoured Times Bestsellers, award-winning books, GoodReads, and critics alike. So, how do you know when one book belongs in the top 5 best books of the month? I am an avid reader you can tell from my book recommendations and to-read list. I discovered many books in my library and bookstores worldwide, from the best fiction books to the best nonfiction books. It’s a habit that literally changes my life and helps me learn new things - every day. “If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.” Pre-order here.“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature,” said Maya Angelou. For those who couldn't put Homegoing down, Transcendent Kingdom will not disappoint.The book will be released in September 2020.
The novel is as much about addiction and mental health as it is about love, loss and faith. She relives her religious upbringing, grappling with the teachings of the evangelical church she attended as she clings to hard science and facts.
Instead, it was captivating, expertly woven into the narrative and easily digestible. Living with Gifty is her suicidal mother, who suffers from a depression that has plagued her since Gifty's brother, Nana, died from a heroin overdose in high school.Throughout the present-day narrative, Gifty's thoughts take her back to her childhood home in Alabama, where her parents settled after immigrating from Ghana. For a very non-scientific brain like mine, I was worried the research thread would be a bit over my head. Her research looks at reward-seeking behavior in lab mice and the ways in which this relates to both addiction and depression. Unlike Homegoing however, which traces generations through history, Transcendent Kingdom is set in the present era, and examines acutely relevant issues.The protagonist, Gifty, is pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at Stanford. There is even the academic at Stanford University in both books. The relationship between mother and daughter is intimately explored, as is the idea of religion and faith. Gyasi live up to the hype of that first novel with her second, Transcendent Kingdom? There are many themes in Transcendent Kingdom that echo those of Homegoing. The book went on to win the PEN/ Hemingway Award, NBCC's John Leonard Award, wasshortlisted for the British Book Award, listed as a New York Times Notable Book of 2016 the praise could continue for another several paragraphs.So, readers might be wondering, how could Ms. When Yaa Gyasi published her debut novel Homegoing, it was an immediate sensation.
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