![]() The next section, “Going,” provides the voices of his wife and children as they encounter the news of his death. ![]() The opening section of the book, “Gone” focuses on the father and the moments that have meant most to him times when he has been most alive and most connected with one or more family members. Sixteen years later, he dies from an unexpected heart attack, reuniting the family, with all their particular memories and unresolved pains. The family breaks into separate directions as they seek to deal with his absence. But always reaching for more success, because “what were the units of its measure”? When the unthinkable breakdown occurs, the father retreats to Africa, leaving the others behind in Boston. ![]() The Provider, the Suburban Housewife, the favored Elder Son, the Twins, and the Baby were reaching for the American Dream, or the global version of that dream that has drawn migrants to the USA for centuries. ![]() At first they all had played their assigned roles to establish themselves as a Successful Family. All were exceptionally bright and talented. In her debut novel, Taiye Selasi writes about an African family, the man from Ghana and the woman from Nigeria and their four American-born children. ![]() The most exquisite book I have read this year a beautiful, lyrical novel about a family of African migrants striving for success and never being successful enough. ![]()
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