Say You're One of Them | Oprah’s Book Club Book

NOTICE: $3 listings must be bundled in order to ship. If purchased without a bundle order will be canceled. Preowned paperback book that shows some signs of wear on cover, edges, corners and binding. The top book page eyes does have letters written in on them. Pictures posted. There are no other markings within book. Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan. Features Oprah's Book Club selection seal. Weight: 1 lbs can be bundled up to 5 lbs max. If bundled order exceeds 5 lbs it will canceled unless otherwise discussed. 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.