How Beautiful We Were
Author: Imbolo Mbue Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 'A formidable storyteller' - Jonathan Franzen Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, How Beautiful We Were 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 are made - and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists...
How Beautiful We Were