{"product_id":"we-were-girls-once","title":"We Were Girls Once","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; , sans-serif;font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003eEgo, Zina, and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations. But over half a century later, Nigeria is a new and modern country. As the three young women navigate the incessant strikes and political turmoil that surround them, their connection is shattered by a terrible assault. In the aftermath, nothing will remain the same as life takes them down separate paths. For\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e?Ego\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003e, now a high-powered London lawyer, success cant mask her loneliness and feelings of being an outsider. Desperate to feel connected to Nigeria, she escapes into a secret life online.?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eZina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003es ambition is to be anyone but herself; acting proves the ultimate catharsis, but it comes at the cost of her family.?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eEriife\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003e?surprises everyone by morphing from a practicing doctor to a ruthless politicians perfect wife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; , sans-serif;font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003eWhen Ego returns home, the three womens lives become entwined once more, as Nigerias political landscape fractures. Their shared past will always connect them, but can theyand their country overcome it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; , sans-serif;font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003eIn?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eWe Were Girls Once\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px;\"\u003e, Aiwanose Odafen highlights hope, female friendship, childhood trauma, and migration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ouida Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259479224601,"sku":"717-1-item","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"NGN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/7737\/1673\/files\/IMG_4959_jpg.jpg?v=1776897498","url":"https:\/\/shopbellabooks.com\/products\/we-were-girls-once","provider":"Bellabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}