A savvy former street child working at a human rights law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this fresh, propulsive debut novel about fortune and survival.
Slums
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Author:Patel, ReemaSummary: - Author:Roscher, EllieSummary:
Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his...
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Author:Davis, MikeSummary: - Author:Harris, RosieSummary:
Life seems to be one step forward, two steps back, but Katie never gives up hope. When she is only a girl, her handsome but wicked father, Lewis, is imprisoned for theft, leaving Katie and her mother homeless and penniless. When Lewis...
- Author:Pheby, AlexSummary:
Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy. God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew. In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his...
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Author:Maugham, W. SomersetSummary:Presents the story about a young, working girl in a poor London neighborhood. Her sad story is the story of poverty everywhere.
