Girl

After being abducted by Boko Haram and forced into the hands of a soldier named Mahmoud, young Nigerian woman Maryam must survive captivity that becomes her new reality. Told in first person, the novel follows her through months of imprisonment, forced marriage, and an unwanted pregnancy while she grapples with the man who holds her fate. Edna O'Brien's unflinching account is inspired by real-world kidnappings of schoolgirls in Chibok and other Nigerian towns.