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Uwem Akpan
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Say You're One of Them (Oprah's Book Club) |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Audio CD |
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| Date: |
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2009-10-13 |
| ISBN: |
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1607883414 |
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Little, Brown & Company |
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0.3 pounds |
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0.75 x 5.25 x 5.75 inches |
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Unabridged |
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2 Marguerite Tallant (USA: MD), Michelle (USA: NY) |
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2 TinaM (USA: ME), diana29169 (USA: SC) |
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Product Description
Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances.
A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family’s struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle’s attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees—a microcosm of today’s Africa—a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride across Nigeria. Through the eyes of childhood friends the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear.
Uwem Akpan’s debut signals the arrival of a breathtakingly talented writer who gives a matter-of-fact reality to the most extreme circumstances in stories that are nothing short of transcendent.
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