{"product_id":"terra-cotta-beauty-jola-naibi-9781491271674","title":"Terra Cotta Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy mother died when I was four years old. I remember few things about her, but I do remember that in the mornings when she woke me up and carried me, she often smelled of the earth. It was the same matinal smell that my grandmother had. I found out the secret of that smell just before I turned twelve.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollow the daily lives, loves, and hopes of an entire community in Jola Naibi's moving debut, \u003ci\u003eTerra Cotta Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA carefully crafted selection of short stories, this collection examines life in Lagos, Nigeria, during the era of military rule. It reveals the struggles, loves, and hopes of a disparate group of people whose lives always manage to intersect-sometimes in the most devastating of ways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith each brief conversation and split-second decision containing consequences that reach further than anyone could ever imagine, each of the book's seven tales is a delicate thread that helps form the social fabric of a nation divided.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom a woman whose journalist husband is jailed for criticizing the government to a man's reluctant descent into crime, \u003ci\u003eTerra Cotta Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e acts as a carefully crafted ode to the essence of Lagos itself: its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jola Naibi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491271671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491271674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d","brand":"Jola Naibi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49162922262783,"sku":"9781491271674","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/terra-cotta-beauty-jola-naibi-9781491271674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}