Transcendent Kingdom: A Novel

"Yaa Gyasi’s debut Homegoing is one of my favorite books, and I wondered if her latest novel could possibly live up to my unreasonably high expectations. I shouldn’t have worried; I absolutely loved Transcendent Kingdom. Gifty is a Ghanian American neuroscientist at Stanford, studying the behavior of mice, but she yearns to understand the behavior of humans. As Gifty looks to science to shed light on the addiction and mental health struggles within her own family, she feels drawn to the evangelical faith in which she was raised. Gyasi’s works are often framed as “important” – and they are – but they are also a profound pleasure to read."