NASHUA – It’s time to reserve your copy of Ghana-born author Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel “Homegoing,” this year’s selection for the Nashua Public Library’s Nashua Reads: One City, One Book program.

The library has more than 100 copies of “Homegoing” in print, e-book and audio versions, according to spokeswoman Carol Luers Eyman.

Patrons are encouraged to reserve a copy, pick it up at the library, 2 Court St., then “read it, talk about it with your friends, coworkers and neighbors,” Eyman said.

For the first time this year, the Nashua Reads program is adding an event for young folks. Called “Youth Nashua Reads,” it will feature two books – “Clayton Byrd Goes Underground” and “One Crazy Summer,” both by author Rita Williams-Garcia.

Both Gyasi and Williams-Garcia will host virtual “meet the author” events in October.

Gyasi will appear virtually on Sunday, Oct. 17, while Williams-Garcia will do so on Saturday, Oct. 23.

For the times of the events and to register for one or both, contact Eyman at 589-4610 or carol.eyman@nashualibrary.org, or go to www.nashualibrary.org.

The goal of Nashua Reads: One City, One Book is to get as many Nashuans as possible to read the same book and talk about it with friends, coworkers, and neighbors. The program is now in its 19th year.

About “Homegoing”

Effia and Esi are half-sisters born in Ghana in the 1700s, but are unknown to one another.

Effia marries an English colonial and lives a life of luxury in his Ghanaian castle. Esi, captured in a tribal war, is shipped to America and sold into slavery.

“Homegoing” follows the lives of these two women and of eight generations of their descendants. From the Gold Coast of Africa to Mississippi and Harlem, through the Civil War and the Great Migration, the novel illuminates the injustices of racism and slavery over the past 300 years.

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About Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University and a masterís in fine arts from the Iowa Writersí Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City.

Yaaís honors include the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, the PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Novel, the American Book Award, and the National Book Foundationís Under 35 award.

“Homegoing,” published in 2016, was Yaaís first novel. When her second novel, “Transcendent Kingdom,” was released in 2020, it became an instant bestseller.

For more information on Yaa Gyasi, go to prhspeakers.com.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.