{"product_id":"how-beautiful-we-were-paperback","title":"How Beautiful We Were - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eImbolo Mbue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBehold the Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, People\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Good Housekeeping, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs. \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eBookPage, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mbue reaches for the moon and, by the novel's end, has it firmly held in her hand.\"--NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe should have known the end was near. \u003c\/i\u003eSo begins Imbolo Mbue's powerful second novel, \u003ci\u003eHow Beautiful We Were\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold from the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, \u003ci\u003eHow Beautiful We Were\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community's determination to hold on to its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImbolo Mbue \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBehold the Dreamers, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Prize and was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Named a notable book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand a best book of the year by close to a dozen publications, the novel has been translated into eleven languages, adapted into an opera and a stage play, and optioned for a movie. A native of Limbe, Cameroon, and a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia Universities, Mbue lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323101933670,"sku":"9780593132449","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/V2NoU2JUemFZQVNXN0lYNmhpKzVxUT09.webp?v=1768121457","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/how-beautiful-we-were-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}