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Beyond All Pity by Carolina Maria De Jesus β€” book cover

Beyond All Pity

by Carolina Maria De Jesus
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Synopsis

Written on scraps of paper picked from the gutters, this is the raw, three-year old journal of a black Brazilian woman living in the slums of Sao Paulo, fighting each day for survival for herself and her three illegitimate children, each born of a different father. With fierce and stark simplicity she tells of her filthy house in the "Favela", describes the hunger that invades every shack, driving her to hunt for paper and metal that brought just enough money to keep the family alive.

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Book Details

Published
February 24, 2005
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd
Pages
200
ISBN
9780285636989

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