{"product_id":"tropical-fish-tales-from-entebbe-9780767925105","title":"Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe","description":"In 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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767925105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 531\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doreen Baingana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924683325621,"sku":"9780767925105","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_511fc342-5dfd-41dd-99a3-2dbcb0f2f897.jpg?v=1761660419","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tropical-fish-tales-from-entebbe-9780767925105","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}