{"product_id":"we-meant-wellbooks","title":"We Meant Well","description":"\r\n\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeptember 2023 selection for Great Group Reads by the Women’s National Book Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Unsparing and compassionate … A novel of harrowing eloquence, \u003ci\u003eWe Meant Well\u003c\/i\u003e explores compelling cultural contrasts and the ambiguity of charitable outreach.” — \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who deserves what, and who gets the power to decide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eIt’s the middle of the night in Los Angeles when Maya, a married mother of one, receives the phone call. Her colleague Marc has been accused of assaulting a local girl in Likanni, where they operate a charitable orphanage. Can she get on the next flight?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eWhen Maya arrives, protesters surround the compound. The accuser is Lele, her former protégé and the chief’s daughter. There are no witnesses, no proof of any crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eWhat happened that night? And what will happen to the orphanage if this becomes a scandal? Caught between Marc and Lele, the charity and the villagers, her marriage and new temptations, and between worlds, Maya lives the secret contradictions of the aid worker: there to serve the most deprived, but ultimately there to govern.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eAs Maya feels the pleasures, freedoms, and humanity of life in Likanni, she recognizes that her American life is inextricably woven into this violent reality — and that dishonesty in one place affects the realities in another.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t","brand":"Hasan, Erum Shazia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44416320176352,"sku":"","price":14.97,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5bcdc04e-6340-48f3-b930-c49946e6f112.jpg?v=1701113920","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/we-meant-wellbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}