Transcendent Kingdom

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Transcendent Kingdom follows Gifty, who grew up hearing her parents' tale of leaving Ghana for Alabama, filled with dreams of heroism and love. But tragedy strikes when her father and brother fall victim to the harsh realities of immigrant life, leaving her family shattered. Years later, Gifty seeks scientific answers to understand her brother's opioid addiction, while uncovering deeper family wounds.

A powerful exploration of family, trauma, and the search for meaning across generations and continents.

From the acclaimed author of Homegoing, this novel dives into Gifty's struggle to make sense of loss and hardship. As a child, she found comfort in her parents' stories of their journey from Ghana to the American South, imagining a life filled with hope and escape.

However, the deaths of her father and brother bring devastating change, shrinking her once large family to just two members. Determined to understand the opioid crisis that took her brother's life, Gifty turns to science for clarity.

When her mother arrives to stay, Gifty discovers that their family's pain runs deeper and stretches further than she ever realized. By tracing her family's history across continents and generations, she confronts the complex and often painful realities at the heart of modern America.

Transcendent Kingdom is a moving tale of love, loss, and the ways we strive to piece our lives back together from the fragments of our shared past.

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