{"product_id":"9781250254467","title":"Girl : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGirl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Edna O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Narrator Sheila Atim sets a sensitive yet emphatic tone for this harrowing story of violence, loss, and survival...Listeners will be enveloped in this emotional listening experience.\" — \u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e Earphones Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis program is read by Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress, Sheila Atim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Edna O’Brien’s hotly anticipated new novel, envisages the lives of the Boko Haram girls in a masterpiece of violence and tenderness.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was a girl once, but not anymore.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e, Edna O’Brien’s harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, this is a brutal story of incarceration, horror, and hunger; a hair-raising escape into the manifold terrors of the forest; and a descent into the labyrinthine bureaucracy and hostility awaiting a victim who returns home with a child blighted by enemy blood. From one of the century's greatest living authors, \u003ci\u003eGirl \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story of one victim’s astonishing survival, and her unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGirl:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Edna O’Brien tells this story with such compassion and understanding that the very disturbing events she relates are uplifting—and unforgettable. An utterly unique achievement.” — Ian McKellen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By an extraordinary act of the imagination we are transported into the inner world of a girl who, after brutal abuse as a slave to Nigerian jihadis, escapes and with dogged persistence begins to rebuild her shattered life. \u003ci\u003eGirl \u003c\/i\u003eis a courageous book about a courageous spirit.” — J. M. Coetzee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing (2019), Long-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2019), Long-listed NYPL Best Books of the Year (2019), Long-listed Esquire Magazine Best Books of the Year (2019), Long-listed The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250254467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":40686560805070,"sku":"9781250254467","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_0af5eaa2-172d-4346-bfa9-a5f370ac15c3.jpg?v=1640231794","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250254467","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}