"A previous edition was originally published in 2005 by University of Massachusetts Press"--Title page verso.
Includes reading group companion.
Contents
Green stones -- Hunger -- First kiss -- Passion -- A thank-you note -- Tropical fish -- Lost in Los Angeles -- Questions of home.
Summary
"In her fiction debut, which has been hailed as a powerful novel told through stories, Doreen Baingana follows a Ugandan girl as she navigates the uncertain terrain of adolescence. Set mostly in pastroal Entebbe with stops in teh cities of Kampala and Los Angeles, Tropical Fish depicts the reality of life for Christine Mugisha and her family after Idi Amin's dictatorship."--Cover.