Free Download How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue (Goodreads Author) - NKJ

From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an America oil company.We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbues powerful second novel How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa it tells the story of aFrom the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an America oil company.We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbues powerful second novel How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations to the villagers are made?and ignored. The countrys government led by a brazen dictator exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle would last for decades and come at a steep price. Told through the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit coupled with the ghost of colonialism comes up against one communitys determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young womans willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her peoples freedom.The unforgettable story of a community on the wrong end of Western greed How Beautiful We Were will enthrall you appall you and show you what is possible when a few people stand up and say this is not right. A masterful novel by a spellbinding writer engaged with the most urgent questions of our day.??David Ebershoff bestselling author of The Danish Girl(less)

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