{"product_id":"9781838851354","title":"How Beautiful We Were","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet 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. \u003cbr\u003ePipeline 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\u003eTold through the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula, 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 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\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Imbolo+Mbue\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eImbolo Mbue\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Imbolo Mbue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379292913827,"sku":"9781838851354","price":370.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781838851354_646e9206-c744-43e4-a643-800bd49dfb10.jpg?v=1776599787","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781838851354","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}