{"product_id":"tropical-fish-tales-from-entebbe-paperback","title":"Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoreen Baingana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fiction debut, Doreen Baingana follows a Ugandan girl as she navigates the uncertain terrain of adolescence. Set mostly in pastoral Entebbe with stops in the cities Kampala and Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eTropical Fish\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the reality of life for Christine Mugisha and her family after Idi Amin's dictatorship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree of the eight chapters are told from the point of view of Christine's two older sisters, Patti, a born-again Christian who finds herself starving at her boarding school, and Rosa, a free spirit who tries to \"magically\" seduce one of her teachers. But the star of \u003ci\u003eTropical Fish \u003c\/i\u003eis Christine, whom we accompany from her first wobbly steps in high heels, to her encounters with the first-world conveniences and alienation of America, to her return home to Uganda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the Mugishas cope with Uganda's collapsing infrastructure, they also contend with the universal themes of family cohesion, sex and relationships, disease, betrayal, and spirituality. Anyone dipping into Baingana's incandescent, widely acclaimed novel will enjoy their immersion in the world of this talented newcomer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in the Africa region\u003cbr\u003e*Winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Award Series in Short Fiction\u003cbr\u003e*Winner of the Washington Writing Prize for Short Fiction \u003cbr\u003e*Finalist for the Caine Prize in African Writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDOREEN BAINGANA received an M.F.A. from the University of Maryland and a law degree from Makerere University in Kampala. She lives in Rockville, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47254151790841,"sku":"9780767925105","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SMTMm400TW9780767925105.webp?v=1768712647","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tropical-fish-tales-from-entebbe-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}