

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Expand Your Shelf Book Club: "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 09 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Mon, 09 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: For this quarter’s selection, we will be reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. This historical fiction novel traces the lineage of two half-sisters in 18th- Century Ghana whose lives take two very different paths after one sister is married to a wealthy British slave trader while the other is sold into slavery and shipped to the American colonies. The story follows seven-generations of the sisters’ descendants and how their lives are consequently shaped by colonialism and the trans-Atlantic slave trade both in Ghana and in the Americas. While supplies last, books will be available for check out at the Advanced Learning Library starting January 12, 2026. For more information on how to check out a reserved copy, call 316-261-8500.
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Wichita
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Wichita Public Library (Advanced Learning Library)
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- **full address**: Wichita Public Library (Advanced Learning Library), 711 W 2nd St N, Wichita, KS 67203-6004, United States

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- **organizer**: Wichita Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/wichita-public-library/6724301)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 09 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wichita Public Library (Advanced Learning Library), 711 W 2nd St N, Wichita, KS 67203-6004, United States
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  - **A:** Wichita Public Library
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