Say You're One Of Them

Say You're One of Them, a short story collection by Uwem Akpan, is Oprah Winfrey's next book club selection. The collection features five short stories chronicling life in different parts of Africa as told through the eyes of children. It was first published in 2008.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwEweK2CUtoCEuizToDg3KwsuqTAD9APP0600

Winfrey announced her 63rd book club pick on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, September 18, 2009. On September 17, The Washington Post reported that a book distributor had "unintentionally leaked" the title early.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091702194.html?hpid=moreheadlines

"The book should be depressing, but the blazing humanity of the characters and the brilliance of Akpan's artistry make this one of the year's most exhilarating reads."—Entertainment Weekly (2008)http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20204769,00.html

"The distinct voices of these child narrators and the horrors they bear witness to make Say You're One of Them a haunting debut short-story collection. Or, perhaps it would be more faithful to the bleak tone of these stories to say that readers will be damned to remember them."—NPR (June 2008)http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91398323