Thursday Book Discussion: "How Beautiful We Were" by Imbolo Mbue

This program will take place in person at the West New Brighton Library in the Community Room.  Join Lauren on May 30th at 11:30am to discuss "How Beautiful We Were" by Imbolo Mbue!

"Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations to the villagers are made—and ignored. The country’s government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle would last for decades and come at a steep price.

Told through 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 onto its ancestral land and a young woman’s willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people’s freedom." - Goodreads

Stop in to pick up your copy today!