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Yaa Gyasi Penguin €14.99 This astonishingly assured debut begins in the late 18th century with the parallel but very different stories of two half-sisters. Esi is sold into slavery and transported to America, while Effia marries a slave trader and stays in Africa. Taking us from Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, the story that unfolds through later generations is vivid, moving and gripping.