{"product_id":"9781838851378","title":"How Beautiful We Were","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is 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 broken. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But it will come at a steep price - one which generation after generation will have to pay. 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+Mbue+Imbolo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eMbue Imbolo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mbue Imbolo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379767460003,"sku":"9781838851378","price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781838851378_8b5ae4c5-ab49-493b-a431-444ba3aba765.jpg?v=1776599791","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781838851378","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}