Transcendent Kingdom TPB

“Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi – A Haunting Story of Family, Faith, and Science

From the bestselling author of Homegoing, Transcendent Kingdom is a powerful novel that explores the emotional journey of Gifty, a Ghanaian-American neuroscience PhD student in Alabama. As a child, Gifty clung to stories of her family’s immigration from Ghana to the U.S., but reality shattered those dreams when addiction claimed her brother and depression consumed her mother.

Now an adult, Gifty turns to science in search of answers, hoping to understand the pain that fractured her family. But when her mother returns to live with her, Gifty is forced to confront the deep-seated traumas of her past.

Through themes of faith, grief, identity, and resilience, Yaa Gyasi crafts a deeply moving and thought-provoking story set in the heart of modern America.