So begins "Girl",
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, Girl is an unforgettable story of one victim's astonishing survival, and her unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.
Hardcover, 240 pages