How Beautiful We Were: A Novel Friendship and vividly depicting life before

and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic

and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out

The Salvations

LONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL AWARD • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Autostraddle

Every morning the little girl asks

How Beautiful We Were: A Novel Friendship and vividly depicting life beforeA fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire, Ms. magazine, BookPage,