For the April meeting, UCL Laws FBC will be reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book.
"Homegoing is a novel I wish I could have read when I was a young woman. An intelligent, beautiful and healing read, destined to become a classic." - Zadie Smith
The night Effia Otcha was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged through her father’s compound. It moved quickly, tearing a path for days. It lived off the air; it slept in caves and hid in trees; it burned, up and through, unconcerned with what wreckage it left behind, until it reached an Asante village. There, it disappeared, becoming one with the night.
Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.
You can buy a copy of the book here
UCL Laws Feminist Book Club
The UCL Laws Feminist Book Club brings together staff and students at all levels to talk about books in an informal setting.
We'll meet once a month during term times. You are welcome to drop in on individual sessions, or to attend regularly – whatever works for you.
The UCL Laws Feminist Book Club was set up in 2018 with the aim of creating a strong feminist network within the law school. We invite feminist students (LLB, LLM, and PhD), faculty, and staff to join us for monthly meetings in which we chat informally about a work of female-authored fiction. We have structured the group as a book club because, well, we all like to read – and we believe that it’s important to supplement our work and studies with non-academic reading. It helps to keep us grounded, enriched, and energised. The book club is an inclusive, non-hierarchical, and non-judgmental space open to all genders. Join our newsletter - http://eepurl.com/ibn6Vz.