Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi and the hope that carried

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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi and the hope that carriedTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi A Powerful Novel of Science, Faith & Family From the bestselling author of Homegoing comes a deeply moving portrait of a Ghanaian American family, grief, addiction, and the search for belonging. Transcendent Kingdom follows Gifty, a brilliant neuroscience PhD student at Stanford, as she studies reward seeking behavior in micedesperately hoping to unlock the mysteries behind her brothers overdose and her mothers