{"product_id":"a-dissolving-dream-a-new-zealander-in-amins-uganda-by-heather-benson","title":"A DISSOLVING DREAM: A New Zealander in Amin's Uganda by Heather Benson","description":"\u003cp\u003eA DISSOLVING DREAM: A New Zealander in Amin's Uganda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Heather Benson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0908912331\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small softcover\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Bridget Williams Books 1992, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 140 w x 215 h x 15 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 243\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2512\/U233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nHeather Benson's account of her years in Amin's Uganda is both the story of a marriage and a reflection of a country in crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer book describes six years of an extraordinary life and offers an insight into the nightmare politics of a regime which the rest of the world long chose to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author recounts how she, a young New Zealand woman, met Joe, a Ugandan, at Victoria University. The couple fell in love and married. In 1969, full of idealism, they returned to Uganda to live. Heather took charge of a poverty-stricken nursery school, determined to make a place for herself in her new country. But Idi Amin was beginning his ruthless rise to power, and soon the couple were drawn into a world where fear and terror became the norm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Benson left Uganda, with her children, at the end of 1975. She now lives in Wellington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo images, includes map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate, near new with only light wear on covers and faint marks on page edges. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce new\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452725674276,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2271822472.jpg?v=1786332035","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/a-dissolving-dream-a-new-zealander-in-amins-uganda-by-heather-benson","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}