Doreen Baingana is from Uganda and lives in the United
States. the book is the winner of the commonwealth writer’s prize for best
first book- Africa Region
The tropical fish is a collection of short stories that
has eight short stories. The stories are
tales of three sisters , Patti, Rosa and Christine . Christine is the heroine of the collection. This
stories pay homage to her journey from childhood to adulthood, and from Africa
to Los Angeles.
The book is honest and the characters are real and
believable. Christine Mughisha won an immigration lottery to America and ended
up being lost.
This book speaks about the human experience and it’s concerns are abuse
of power, relationships, loss, betrayal,
sex and the vagaries of AIDS.
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