How Beautiful We Were
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About the Book
How Beautiful We Were
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE 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.
How Beautiful We Were
- Publication Date: February 1, 2022
- Genres: Fiction
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- ISBN-10: 0593132440
- ISBN-13: 9780593132449