Throughout the novel, Gifty remembers moments when her childhood was darkened by racism and discrimination in the community. The family cannot shake the discrimination of the South, even within the church. Her experience at the church gave her hope in America, so she convinced Nana’s father to travel from Ghana-and they had a second child, Gifty. Like many other immigrants who seek community and acceptance, she joined the local evangelical church. Thinking she would find more opportunity for her family, she found instead that America can be cold and indifferent to newcomers. Gifty’s mother had moved to Huntsville, Alabama, from her home in Ghana with a bag in one hand and an infant son in the other. Gyasi paints a textured picture of race and the American diaspora experience. However, when her mother comes back into her life, she starts to question her choice of moving away from her faith and finds herself longing for the comfort she once found in God. A neuroscience researcher, she spends most of her time with the mice in her lab, studying their behavior and trying to learn what makes them behave the way they do. So Gifty looks to science for answers to the misfortune that has befallen her. Read our latest issue or browse back issues.
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