{"product_id":"one-leg-on-earth-5876","title":"One Leg on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething is haunting the pregnant women of Lagos. Across the city, they are walking into water . . . and drowning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Suspenseful and immensely human, \n\u003cem\u003eOne Leg on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e caught me in its wave and I happily, greedily tumbled along.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --Gerardo Sámano Córdova, author of Monstrillo\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-three-year-old Yosoye arrives in Lagos ready to start her \nlife. Working for a slick architectural firm, she finds a city of \nadventure and opportunity. Her new world is one of fancy gallery \nopenings, glamorous friends, and all the shiny potential of the future, \nencapsulated in projects like Omi City, the ultra-luxury development her\n company is building, a symbol of the dawn of a brighter Lagos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Yosoye's idyllic vision of Lagos soon begins to seem naive, and \nits darker, stranger layers trouble her. Something is not right about \nOmi City, and as construction speeds ahead, stories of strange deaths in\n the city's open waters reach a fever pitch. And then, after a chance \nencounter, Yosoye discovers she is pregnant . . . a revelation which \nputs her on a collision course with an inexplicable force that is as \nseductive as it is deadly. A masterwork by a writer hailed as \"an \nastonishing talent\" (Lauren Groff), \u003cem\u003eOne Leg on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is an \nambitious novel like no other: a coming-of-age story, an uncanny \nexploration of motherhood, and a chilling vision of the dark side of \nprogress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cstrong\u003e'Pemi Aguda\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \n\u003cem\u003eOne Leg on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and \n\u003cem\u003eGhostroots\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award, the Los \nAngeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. Trained as an \narchitect in Lagos, Nigeria, she lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"'Pemi Aguda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52272360849693,"sku":"9781324065876","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781324065876.jpg?v=1784744204","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/one-leg-on-earth-5876","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}