The bead collector
(Book)
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Published
Northampton MA : Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc, 2019.
Status
Cherrydale - Adult Fiction
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Published
Northampton MA : Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Lagos, January 1976, six years after the Nigerian Civil War. A new military regime has been in power for six months, but rumors are spreading that a countercoup is imminent. At an art exhibition in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, Remi Lawal, a Nigerian woman who runs her own greeting-card shop, meets Frances Cooke, who introduces herself as an American art dealer, in Nigeria to buy rare beads. They become friends and over the next few weeks confide in each other about their aspirations, loyalties, marriage, motherhood, and Nigeria itself, as hospitable Remi welcomes the enigmatic Frances into her world. Remis husband, Tunde, naturally suspects Frances, like any American in Lagos, of gathering intelligence for the CIA, yet she is unconvinced. Cynical about the country's unending instability, and alienated by the shallowness of the citys elite, she willingly shares her views with Frances. But the February 13 assassination of General Muhammed prompts Remi to reconsider one particular conversation with her new acquaintance in a different light. Her discouragement overcome by a reawakened sense of patriotism, she begins to doubt that the bead collector is who she claims to be. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Atta, S. (2019). The bead collector . Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Atta, Sefi. 2019. The Bead Collector. Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Atta, Sefi. The Bead Collector Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Atta, Sefi. The Bead Collector Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc, 2019.
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