5/27/2023 0 Comments The rent collector book review![]() ![]() The bigger issue hanging over Sang Ly's head is the health of her child. The trash brings them a meagre amount of money, but they have to pay rent for the roof over their heads from that. The lead protagonist is a young mother living in a garbage dump where everyone survives as trash pickers. Given that I was able to visualize the harsh living conditions quite easily and be emotionally invested in them, I am left wondering what horrors the adult version had in it! The other point to note before I go into the book itself is that this version was adapted with young readers in mind. A little further digging showed where the story grew from, and I think it added a little more to the feel of the entire story. ![]() The story is narrated from the point of view of a Cambodian woman, and the author is neither. If I had paid attention, I would have been quite surprised. I somehow missed the author's note as well. ![]() I did not pay attention to the author's background when I picked this book up. ![]()
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