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Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself; his wife, Neni; and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty - and Jende is eager to please. Clark's wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons.
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Overhyped
- By Rochelle on 08-27-16
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Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club)
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-23-16
- Language: English
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How Beautiful We Were
- A Novel
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made - and ignored. The country’s government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests.
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As relevant as it is heart-wrenching
- By Anonymous User on 10-18-21
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How Beautiful We Were
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson, Allyson Johnson, Lisa Renee Pitts
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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Behold the Dreamers
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayem
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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A powerful and timely story of marriage, class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream. Behold the Dreamers is a dazzling debut novel about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - and of what we're prepared to sacrifice to hold on to each of them. 'We all do what we gotta do to become American, Abi.' New York, 2007: a city of dreamers and strivers, where the newly arrived and the long established jostle alike for a place on the ladder of success.
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Relatable Read
- By Sylvia Njenga on 09-13-20
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Behold the Dreamers
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayem
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-09-17
- Language: English
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How Beautiful We Were
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, How Beautiful We Were tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations to the villagers are made-and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest only. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back.
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An Amazing Story
- By Baje Bookclub (@baje_bookclub) on 10-21-22
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How Beautiful We Were
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-11-21
- Language: English
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Das geträumte Land
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Nils Nelleßen
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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Jende Jonga, ein in New York lebender kamerunischer Einwanderer, ist auf der Suche nach einem besseren Leben für sich, seine Frau Neni und den sechsjährigen Sohn in die USA gekommen. Jende kann sein Glück kaum fassen, als er im Herbst 2007 den Job als Fahrer von Clark Edwards ergattert, einem leitenden Manager bei Lehman Brothers. Clark verlangt Pünktlichkeit, Diskretion und Loyalität - und Jende will um jeden Preis gefallen.
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Das geträumte Land
- Narrated by: Nils Nelleßen
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-27-17
- Language: German
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Wie schön wir waren
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Sarah Dorsel
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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Die Bewohner von Kosawa leben in Angst, denn ein amerikanischer Ölkonzern droht das kleine afrikanische Dorf auszulöschen. Öllecks haben das Ackerland unfruchtbar gemacht; Kinder sterben, weil das Trinkwasser vergiftet ist. Den Menschen aus Kosawa werden Versprechungen über Aufräumarbeiten und finanzielle Reparationen gemacht, die nie eingehalten werden, aber die korrupte Regierung bedient nur ihre eigenen Interessen. Die Dorfbewohner beschließen, sich zu wehren. Ihr Kampf soll Jahrzehnte andauern.
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Wie schön wir waren
- Narrated by: Sarah Dorsel
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 10-07-21
- Language: German
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