Ghana Must Go: A Novel

Ghana Must Go: A Novel

<b>A “buoyant” and “rapturous” debut novel (<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>) about the transformative power of unconditional love</b><br><br>Electric, exhilarating, and beautifully crafted, <i>Ghana Must Go</i> introduces the world to Taiye Selasi, a novelist of extraordinary talent. In a sweeping narrative that takes readers from Accra to Lagos to London to New York, it is at once a portrait of a modern family and an exploration of the importance of where we come from to who we are.<br><br>A renowned surgeon and failed husband, Kweku Sai dies suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of his death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Moving with great elegance through time and place, <i>Ghana Must Go</i> charts their circuitous journey to one another and, along the way, teaches us that the truths we speak can heal the wounds we hide.