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The Book Show #1706 - Imbolo Mbue

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published March 30, 2021 at 3:00 PM EDT
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New York Times best-selling novelist Imbolo Mbue’s new novel, "How Beautiful We Were," is a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.

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