They decide to emigrate to the United States to provide a better life for him. Despite thinking they were too old for a child, and years of trying, they are blessed with Gifty’s brother, Nana. Gifty’s parents meet in Kumasi, Ghana, and marry there. Gifty’s central childhood narrative is interspersed with details of events from the present and from Gifty’s time at college and graduate school. The text does not always tell this story in a linear or chronological fashion. She attempts to understand what has brought them to this point, and if there is any hope of redemption from it. Her mother’s arrival and awful state lead Gifty to re-examine the story of her childhood and family life. When the pastor from her hometown in Alabama calls to say Gifty’s mother is depressed again, Gifty invites her mother to stay with her. Gifty is a final-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at Stanford University in California.
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