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Description
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... read more
First Sentence
Now that my eldest sister, Maisha, was twelve, none of us knew how to relate to her anymore.
Table of Contents
An Ex-mas Feast
Fattening for Gabon
What Language Is That?
Luxurious Hearses
My Parents' Bedroom
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Reading Group Guide
Authors & Contributors
- Uwem Akpan (Author)
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (Finalist)
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Best First Book, African region)
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