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A guide for the Fall 2021 Simmons Community Read
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transcendent kingdom

"A must read. This is one of the rare books that is so well crafted, the narrative(s) flow so effortlessly, that you only feel the power of the story and don’t realize the complex structure underneath."
- Library Journal

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Learn from a story of suffering, addiction, and loss. Yaa Gyasi's telling tale of grief, institutional racism, and empirical conflict lead the reader toward hope and resilience.

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Meet Yaa Gyasi, Ghanaian-American author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom. Recipient of the 2020 Vilcek Prize, and more. Yaa will be included in the 2021 National Book Festival of the Library of Congress.

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Transcendent Kingdom bears heavy themes of life that emerge from Gifty's journey such as addiction, mental illness, grief, loss, and racism. The novel also elaborates in celebrating women of color in STEM, perseverance, and peace.

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