{"product_id":"9781838851354-how-beautiful-we-were","title":"How Beautiful We Were","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eBehold the Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a sweeping story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company \u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sweeping and quietly devastating' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A David and Goliath story for our times' \u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the fictional African village of Kosawa, \u003ci\u003eHow Beautiful We Were\u003c\/i\u003e 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 to serve its own interest only. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But their fight will come at a steep price . one which generation after generation will have to pay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula, \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 onto its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945571102817,"sku":"9781838851354","price":10.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/4d917242a1fc2bdf4553c6d5362c3dec.png?v=1691783003","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838851354-how-beautiful-we-were","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}