How Beautiful We Were
A Novel
Imbolo Mbue
This powerful novel tells the story of a small African village facing environmental devastation caused by an American oil company. The people of the village are left with few options but to fight back against a corrupt government and profit-driven corporation. Through the eyes of a generation of children and the family of a revolutionary girl named Thula, the novel explores the themes of ancestral land, sacrifice, and the collision of colonialism with modern exploitation.
Publish Date
2021-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
2021-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.95
ISBN
0593132424
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2022-04-10T17:25:23.000Z
New read! Imbolo Mbue’s “How Beautiful We Were.” It is brilliant. I started reading it 2 hours ago, a quarter of the way through & there’s no way I’ll be sleeping tonight. Isn’t it the best feeling to find an unputdownable book? The best. – source