How beautiful we were
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
Onayemi, Prentice, narrator.
Edwards, Janina, narrator.
Graham, Dion, narrator.
Jackson, JD, narrator.
Johnson, Allyson, narrator.
Edwards, Janina, narrator.
Graham, Dion, narrator.
Jackson, JD, narrator.
Johnson, Allyson, narrator.
Published
New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2021].
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (14 hours) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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PCPLS - Valparaiso Public Library - Adult AudioBooks | MBUE | Checked Out |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Mooresville PL - Mooresville - CD_BOOK | CDB FIC MBU | On Shelf |
New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle - Audiovisual Collection | F MBUE (AUDIOBOOK) | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2021].
Format
Audiobook CD
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Compact discs.
General Note
Unabridged.
Participants/Performers
Read by Prentice Onayemi as The Children ; Janina Edwards as Sahel ; Dion Graham as Bongo ; JD Jackson as Juba ; Allyson Johnson as Yaya ; Lisa Renee Pitts as Thula.
Description
We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue's powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it 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. Told from 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 community's determination to hold on to its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.
Target Audience
General Adult.,(Baker & Taylor)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mbue, I., Onayemi, P., Edwards, J., Graham, D., Jackson, J., Johnson, A., & Pitts, L. R. (2021). How beautiful we were . Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Imbolo, Mbue et al.. 2021. How Beautiful We Were. Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Imbolo, Mbue et al.. How Beautiful We Were Random House Audio, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo,, et al. How Beautiful We Were Random House Audio, 2021.
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