Baingana, Doreen creator text South Africa Oshun Books 2005 1st. ed. monographic eng Eng lis h

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148p. 14x21cm This lush, intimate book explores the coming-of-age of three sisters in Uganda. Each chapter in this collection of linked short stories develops the theme of discovery as the sisters mature and their interior and exterior lives expand. We meet Christine, the youngest sister, as a girl learning of the bitter sweet dynamics of her parents' marriage through her mother's jewelry drawer. She later learns her own lessons about relationships, including her relationship with herself which becomes more complex when she moves to the United states. .... FP2005/04 9781770070516 250717 20251215070339.0