| 词条 | Recipe for Disaster (book) |
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| name = Recipe for Disaster | title_orig = | translator = | image = Recipe for Disaster (book).jpg| caption = Recipe for disaster by Lillian Tindyebwa | author = Lillian Tindyebwa | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Uganda | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher =Fountain Publishers | release_date =1994 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages =148 | isbn =978-9970020331 | dewey= | congress= | oclc= | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Recipe for Disaster is a 1994 novel by Ugandan author Lillian Tindyebwa.[1] The novel is used as a supplementary reader in secondary schools in Uganda.[2] PlotRecipe for Disaster is a story about Hellen Ntale that follows the life choices she makes, how she gets expelled from St. Joseph’s Girls School and how she leaves school three months to her high school final exams. She has a relationship with Kevin, a 42-year-old man, against her parent's approval. Heken goes ahead to form other relationships with men outside her marriage. one of them being Kevin's partners son Trevor Kendall, a twenty five year old man nearly her age. after a fight on Christmas Eve with Kevin over his soon to be fourth wife Cindy, a student at the university, Kevin beat her up and Helen decided to run to London where she intended to give Trevor a child in order to make Kevin jealous. However, once she has conceived, Trevor announced that he was engaged much to Helen's surprise. She attempts to kill Trevor's fiancee, Diane. After an attempt to kill her, she ends up in the hospital and when she is released, Trevor and Diane are already married and long gone. She then decided to return home to Uganda where Kevin welcomes her with open arms. She then discovers Suzy has departed and is abroad. However during Helen's absence, Kevin's first wife dis and son after, Helen gives birth upon laying eyes upon the child, Kevin is distressed to find its blond and demands to know the father. Discovering it is Trevor, he decides to kill Helen. However with the help of a nurse and bodygaurd, Helen manages to escape and finds herself in one of the slums. Kevin has been admitted into a hospital for mentally ill personnel. Helen is then discovered by her parents whom she is extremely ashamed and happy to see. She narrates her story to them before breathing her last.[3]References1. ^{{cite web|title=Lillian Tindyebwa|url=http://www.transculturalwriting.com/Footsteps/?page_id=105|accessdate=20 February 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Telling the story of a nation through books|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Telling-the-story-of-a-nation-through-books/-/691232/1526228/-/item/2/-/m9ec7nz/-/index.html|accessdate=21 February 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Recipe for Disaster (by Lillian Tindyebwa)|url=http://www.africabookclub.com/?p=12713|accessdate=20 February 2015}} External links{{DEFAULTSORT:Recipe for Disaster}}{{1990s-novel-stub}} 6 : 1994 novels|Debut novels|Ugandan novels|Postcolonial literature|Ugandan literature|Kumusha |
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