{"product_id":"9781580053792","title":"Strange Trade: The Story of Two Women Who Risked Everything in the International Drug Trade","description":"\u003ci\u003eStrange Trade\u003c\/i\u003e tells the compelling stories of Mary, a Liberian drug courier with a college education, and Pauline, a Ugandan wife, mother, and drug cartel boss. A leading expert on women and organized crime, Asale Angel-Ajani spent years interviewing these women in Italy's notorious Rebibbia Prison—and gained unprecedented access into the narcotics trade. Herself the daughter of a drug trafficker, Angel-Ajani brings a wrenching, deeply personal perspective to the account of these women's lives, and offers a nuanced understanding of the global context within which African women are entering the drug trade in ever-increasing numbers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Trade\u003c\/i\u003e follows Pauline and Mary as they traverse three continents, survive wars, poverty, and shattered families, secure drug shipments, and commit murder. Angel-Ajani paints rich, intimate, and profoundly surprising portraits without glamorizing, sanitizing, or offering judgment. The result is an unvarnished journey into a world that, until now, has remained hidden; and a glimpse into the motives that led these women to risk—and ultimately lose—everything.","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176186003696,"sku":"9781580053792","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781580053792_p0.jpg?v=1763801017","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781580053792","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}