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Say you're one of them / Uwem Akpan.

Author: Akpan, Uwem.

Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.

Publisher: Boston : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co. : Hachette Book Group, 2009, c2008.

ISBN: 9780316113953 (pbk.)
0316113956 (pbk.)
9780316086370
0316086371

Description: 360, 8 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Subject: Children Africa Fiction.
War victims Fiction.

Notes: "Oprah's Book Club 2009 Selection"--Cover.
Reading group guide inside.
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (African Region)

Contents: An ex-mas feast -- Fattening for Gabon -- What language is that? -- Luxurious hearses -- My parents' bedroom.

Summary: This collection of five stories set in various African countries reveals the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.

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