{"product_id":"strange-trade-the-story-of-two-women-who-risked-everything-in-the-international-drug-trade-9781580053136","title":"Strange Trade: The Story of Two Women Who Risked Everything in the International Drug Trade","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Asale Angel-Ajani\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Organized Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrange Trade\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eStrange Trade\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seal Press (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355809013911,"sku":"9781580053136","price":1789.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781580053136.webp?v=1767309097","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/strange-trade-the-story-of-two-women-who-risked-everything-in-the-international-drug-trade-9781580053136","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}