#1745: Imbolo Mbue's "How Beautiful We Were" | The Book Show

December 28, 2021 00:29:09
#1745: Imbolo Mbue's "How Beautiful We Were" | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1745: Imbolo Mbue's "How Beautiful We Were" | The Book Show

Dec 28 2021 | 00:29:09

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Show Notes

New York Times best-selling novelist Imbolo Mbue’s “How Beautiful We Were,” is a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.

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