Our House in Arusha

Set against the backdrop of a colorful Third World city, Our House in Arusha is the immigrant#xE2;#xAC;"s story in reverse: Three refugees, driven by separate catastrophes, leave behind the comforts of the developed world to seek shelter and stability in a chaotic city of mud huts, tin-roofed shanties, and decaying colonial mansions in northern Tanzania. No sooner are they settled into their new home, however, than they receive some startling news: bomb-making terrorists are operating right in their own neighborhood, a quiet enclave where the only reliable disturber of the peace is the landlord#xE2;#xAC;"s rooster. In the year that follows, fragile loyalties will be tested again and again as each member of the family struggles to make a place for himself in a tantalizing and dangerous world.