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Language
English
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Description
At the intersection of "Americanah" and "The Help" comes a riveting debut novel about two marriages--one immigrant and working class, the other from the top 1%--both chasing their version of the American Dream. In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's son Neni is hired as household help....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, How beautiful we were tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. 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 corrupt, brazen dictator, exists...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in bookbag
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's wife Neni is hired as household help. But in the course of their work, Jende and Neni begin to witness infidelities, skirmishes, and family secrets. Then, with the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, a tragedy changes all four lives forever, and the...