Ghana Must Go (Hardcover)

from Donna828

Is this another tortured tale about the disintegration of a family or is it more? The fact that I'm still thinking about it 24 hours after the last page was turned instead of jumping right into my next book, leads me to the second conclusion. I almost abandoned it in the first 75 pages while Kwek...

from knittingmomof3

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi is an extraordinary work of literary fiction. Selasi's use of imagery and flowing language made the book come alive for me. I truly enjoyed how well the tale of one family could be so complex and yet beautifully interwoven to create an unforgettable book. I highly re...

from kaitanya64

This is the story of a family whose patriarch, a renowned surgeon originally from Ghana, has left his Nigerian wife and American born children in the U.S. and returned to his native country many years before the story begins. When, at the opening of the novel, he suffers a fatal heart attack, his...

from Othemts

I was surprised that my Around the World for a Good Book selection for Ghana turns out to have a good portion of the narrative set close to home in the Boston, Massachusetts area.  Selasi's novel is a story of immigration, family, the long term ramifications of choices made, and an attempt to pee...

from laurscartelli

New from The Penguin Press this month, Taiye Selasi's Ghana Must Go is a semi-exotic and lyrical examination of a family that came apart at the seams long ago. The parents separated, the children scattered and only now, as the patriarch dies, can the family find a way to become whole again. As th...