Transcendent kingdom / Yaa Gyasi.
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- 3 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.
Current holds
4 current holds with 8 total copies.
Summary:
Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.... -- from book jacket.View other formats and editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Age Hold Protection | Active/Create Date | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena Public Library | FIC GYA (Text) | 37813000182231 | Adult Fiction | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 10/29/2020 | Available | - |
| Baker County Library | GYASI (Yaa) (Text) | 37814003319416 | FICTION - NEW | Book | System_Only_3months | 10/23/2020 | Checked out | 01/27/2021 |
| Cook Memorial Library - La Grande | F Gyasi, Y (Text) | 35178001818106 | Adult Fiction | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 09/16/2020 | Available | - |
| Harney County Library | FIC GYASI (Text) | 37720000606996 | New Adult Display | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 09/10/2020 | Checked out | 01/20/2021 |
| Hood River County Library | FIC GYASI (Text) | 33892100702738 | Adult New Books | Book | None | 09/22/2020 | Checked out | 01/22/2021 |
| Southern Wasco County Library | GYAS (Text) | 33892006338785 | FICTION | Book | Branch_Only_2months | 09/02/2020 | Checked out | 02/04/2021 |
| The Dalles Wasco County Library | GYASI (Text) | 33892006634746 | NEW BOOKS | New/High Demand | None | 11/05/2020 | In transit | - |
| Treasure Valley Community College Library | FIC G996t (Text) | 32220001122510 | Adult Fiction | Book | Branch_Only_3months | 11/04/2020 | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525658184
- ISBN: 0525658181
- Physical Description: 261 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel" -- from front cover. "This is a Borzoi book." "Read with Jenna" --front cover. |
| Summary, etc.: | Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive.... -- from book jacket. |
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
