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Transcendent Kingdom
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Transcendent Kingdom
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the best-selling author of Homegoing comes a searing novel of love and loss, addiction and redemption, straight from the heart of contemporary America.
As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away.
Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers. But when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought. Tracing her family's story through continents and generations will take her deep into the dark heart of modern America.
Critic Reviews
"I would say that Transcendent Kingdom is a novel for our time (and it is) but it is so much more than that. It is a novel for all times. The splendor and heart and insight and brilliance contained in the pages holds up light the rest of us can follow." (Ann Patchett)
"Absolutely transcendent. A gorgeously woven narrative...not a word or idea out of place. The range. I am quite angry this is so good." (Roxane Gay)
"A stirringly gifted writer." (New York Times)
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- Anonymous User
- 24-11-2022
Deep and meaningful
An insight into a family thats seems the same as us all. Themes of suicide, drug addiction, fascism and Alabama.
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- Greg Bellchambers
- 13-08-2022
Fascinating, sad and beautiful
Took me a long time to get into this (I read the forst 15 chapters in the paperback version) but once I started Audible version, I loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-04-2023
Loved listening to this
Narrator made it so enjoyable to listen to. Highly recommend as an audiobook. Beautiful and sad story
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- Catherine
- 18-05-2023
Loved it
Loved this audiobook - wish I could start all over again, a wonderful (sometimes heartbreaking) listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-01-2021
Can I give this book 10 stars?
I read this book with my body as much my mind. The only thing I didn’t like is that it finished.
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- Siobhan Ashton
- 19-01-2021
Great story but struggled with the narration
The story grapples with many relevant topics such as race, religion, addiction and immigration. It may be triggering in some of these regards, but tells a compelling story about identity and self discovery. The biggest struggle for me was the narrators voice, it felt quite robotic although the Ghanaian language inclusion was well done. The narration may make it difficult to invest in listening to the story, this was definitely the biggest thing to push past. Enjoyed the story but found it a challenging listen to embrace.
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