This novel, set in Cambodia, follows the life of Sang Ly and
her family, as she struggles to survive by picking through garbage in the
town’s municipal dump. Under threat of
eviction by an embittered drunk who collects rent from the poor, she embarks on
a desperate journey to save her ailing young son from a life of ignorance and
poverty. It is a story of perseverance and the power of literacy.
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