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02580aim a2200553Ki 4500 001 5BDEDD5AA97911EBA54375F44EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210430010013 006 m eq h 007 sz zunznnnzned 007 cs nza|||||||| 008 210128r20212021ohunnnneq f n eng d 020 $a 1094292567 020 $a 9781094292564 028 02 $a 40575 $b Findaway World 035 $a (OCoLC)1233222938 040 $a PLAYA $b eng $e rda $c PLAYA $d OCLCO $d TEFMT $d GO6 $d OCLCO $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Mbue, Imbolo, $e author. 245 10 $a How beautiful we were : $b a novel $h (Playaway) / $c Imbolo Mbue. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a Solon, Ohio : $b Findaway World, LLC, $c [2021] 300 $a 1 audio media player (848 min.) : $b digital, HD audio ; $c 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. 500 $a Title from Playaway label. 500 $a "Light." 511 0 $a Read by Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson, Allyson Johnson and Lisa Renee Pitts. 500 $a Originally published by Penguin Random House Audio â2021 500 $a Release date supplied by publisher. 500 $a Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. 500 $a One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. 520 $a In the African village of Kosawa, people live 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 to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. 650 0 $a Villages $z Africa $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Oil spills $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Environmental degradation $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Corporations $x Corrupt practices $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Africa $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Audiobooks. 700 1 $a Onayemi, Prentice, $e narrator. 700 1 $a Edwards, Janina, $e narrator. 700 1 $a Graham, Dion, $e narrator. 700 1 $a Jackson, JD, $e narrator. 700 1 $a Johnson, Allyson, $e narrator. 700 1 $a Pitts, Lisa Renee, $e narrator. 710 2 $a Playaway Digital Audio. 710 2 $a Findaway World, LLC. 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20210430010637.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5BDEDD5AA97911EBA54375F44EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search