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''How Beautiful We Were'' by Imbolo Mbue is a contemporary and historical fiction novel, originally published on March 9, 2021.
  
 
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• ecological catastrophe and environmental racism <br><br>
 
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 3 December 2024

How Beautiful We Were
Cover of "How Beautiful We Were" by Imbolo Mbue
Author(s) Imbolo Mbue
Published March 9, 2021
Publisher Random House
Genre(s) Contemporary Fiction
Historical Fiction


How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue is a contemporary and historical fiction novel, originally published on March 9, 2021.

Trigger Warnings

• child death (by sickness, by violence)

• state violence (massacres, executions, including by hanging)

• sexual abuse and assault (child sexual abuse, exploitative sexual relationships, rape as an interrogation and intimidation tactic, compromised bodily autonomy)

related: multiple references to relationships and marriages with significant age gaps, often with young women implied or stated to be underage (most presented as culturally normalized)

• references to infidelity

• parental, spouse, otherwise familial death (multiple instances)

• ecological catastrophe and environmental racism

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