Two half-sisters, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana and experience profoundly different lives and legacies throughout subsequent generations marked by wealth, slavery, war, coal mining, the Great Migration and the realities of 20th-century Harlem.

"An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world"--Provided by publisher.

"Fourteen-year-olds Abena and Faiza, girls from vastly different social worlds, cross paths in hectic Makola Market in Ghana, and forge a beautiful bond that changes the path of each of their lives"--