How Beautiful We Were

How Beautiful We WereAuthor: Mbue, Imbolo Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 3 March 2022 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom. Paperback 368 pages 129 x 197 x 30 260g A PEN FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST'Sweeping and quietly devastating' New York Times'A David and Goliath story for our times' O, the Oprah MagazineSet in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an

who has always lived for others

Rivers's job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight

but it is also a triumph of the human spirit

and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation

Bobby Cannavale and Luke Evans** PERFECT LIVES OR PERFECT LIES

but her husband Alfred is losing his mind to Parkinson’s

duplicity and spine tingling twists… I devoured this book

The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small town

an awkward twelve-year-old who listens to Joni Mitchell and accidentally kills ducks with loaves of bread

packed with pictures to pore over and put your knowledge to the test- Test Yourself panels across three levels of difficulty - starter

a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son

unique and such a refreshing read’ PRIMA