The Book Club - Kayla's Selection

An incredibly profound story of numerous generations from Asante (Ghana) and the movements that see descendants forced across Africa, through the slave trade to America and the eventual return to Ghana.

The stories of these characters were eye opening as well as incredibly informative (I especially loved the story of H) but as we're only given a small snapshot into each of these characters lives, I found myself not connecting to each narrative as much as I would have liked. I wanted to know more, I wanted more insight into each of their lives, I wanted a character-driven book which isn't necessarily what this book is aiming to give us or to achieve. It's a book driven by country, by race, by what true disadvantage looks like spread across an entire generation of one family which I appreciate. However being the kind of reader that I am, detail wins for me - I can't get enough when it comes to detail. I want to be absorbed. Hence whilst this is a strong and an important book, I finished it not feeling completely satiated.