transcendent kingdom shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction 2021

transcendent kingdom shortlisted for the women

There are a number of reading groups/ book clubs at Lancaster University who will be joining the Big Read. If you are interested in joining please see contact details below (details to follow). But she will soon realize that the roots of their tangled traumas reach further back than she could have ever imagined.”

While her mother finds solace in religion, Gifty will look to science in an attempt to understand the addiction that destroyed her brother. But when her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of life in America, their family of four becomes two. “ As 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. The six novels to make the cut are The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller. ( Wear it Read Day – Show racism the red card) – just visit A Floor of the Library to pick up your copy (while stocks last). The Women's Prize for Fiction has announced its 2021 shortlist. We will also have 50 copies of the print book available on Friday 21 st October from 10 a.m. The book is available by downloading the Libby app where you can download the book free on your tablet or mobile. For Black History Month 2022 the Library is launching the first Lancaster University ‘Big Library Read’ of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021). ‘A piercing story of faith, science and the opioid crisis. not a word or idea out of place’ Roxane Gay Transcendent Kingdom is a searing 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. Susanna Clarkes gripping fantasy novel Piranesi has been awarded the Womens Prize for Fiction 2021, topping an impressive shortlist that included Brit. **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. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021

Transcendent kingdom shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction 2021