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by: Carolina Maria de Jesus See Larger Image Our Price: $6.95 Prices subject to change. Used Price: $0.88 Third Party New Price: $3.17 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 306.098161 EAN: 9780451529107 ISBN: 0451529103 Label: Signet Classics Manufacturer: Signet Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: October 07, 2003 Publisher: Signet Classics Release Date: October 07, 2003 Sales Rank: 308610 Studio: Signet Classics Related Items: Born in Blood And Fire: A Concise History of Latin America, Second Edition I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival in Argentina Biography of a Runaway Slave The Underdogs see more Editorial Review: Product Description: A powerful first-hand account of life in the streets of São Paulo from 1955 to 1960 that drew international attention to the plight of the poor. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Disappointing diary/book Not the best book about Brazil in general, probably a well not the best book about Favelas (though it does have a lot of stark, references about the social and corrupt political institutions bringing down the country). For starters the writer or author Carolina Maria De Jesus is a very ignorant, bitter, arrogant and hard woman exclamation on the bitter part. While she raises many question about what is causing the misery in the Favela and the country in general her messages gets lost ... Read More Rating: - Written word transforms dead end life The autobiographies of poor people from places far from the middle class worlds of rich countries never used to appear in book stores. It was indeed rare that such lives, however interesting, difficult, inspiring or depressing would ever show up on the shelves. But such is the modern world that nowadays we do get occasional chances to glimpse other lives, hear other voices. In "From the Land of Green Ghosts" we could read of the life of a member of the Padaung tribe in Burma; in "Notes from the ... Read More Rating: - Triumph of the Human Spirit Caroline Maria de Jusus was born a[...] in poverty and went to only the second grade. She lived most of her adult life in poverty and her children were labeled [...]. She wanted to write and did. She became a writer of international reputation. Her book has been read by people around the world and in the United States. Her work stands with that of Victor Frankl in "MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING," and "BLACK ELK SPEAKS" an American Sioux, and with Frederick Douglass' NARRATIVE LIFE. CHILD ... Read More Rating: - Poverty in the world This book is great in the respect that it captures the experiences of someone living in extreme poverty and how she deals with the daily struggle of survival. Rating: - I'll think twice before throwing food out again This book is truly an eye opener as to what it really means to be poor and hungry. I can't believe that someone with only two years of schooling could churn out such a masterpiece, the language and thought processes involved will leave you wondering with amazement. What suprises you is that in and amongst all the squalor, deprivation, fights and hunger she still admires the night sky, the birds, the stars, the beautiful weather. What a woman ! Most people in her position wouldn't have time to be thankful ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Historical - Biographies & Memoirs - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General Specific Groups - Biographies & Memoirs - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Women General - Literature & Fiction - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Classics 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - All 4-for-3 Deals Qualifying Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS