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The Rent Collector

by Camron Wright (Goodreads Author)

4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 · rating details · 1,388 ratings · 532 reviews

Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill child, Nisay, and the added expense of medicines that are not working. Just when things seem worst, Sang Ly learns a secr...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Inspired Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012

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Fabulous! Absolutely wonderful. This is one of my favorite reads this year.

I chose The Rent Collector as my pick for my local book group. Every single person who read it loved it. That hasn't happened before at book group. If you are part of a book group this should definitely make your list of books to read. I had 2 copies of this book. One is literally falling apart because it has been read by so many people and the other w...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Kristy Robertson rated it 2 of 5 stars

I honestly do not know if I will finish this book. The premise is really intriguing, but the voice of the character is so out of place it is distracting. The main character speaks like a sassy,educated, middle-aged soccer mom from suburbia, not a destitute woman who has grown up and lived her life in the dumps of Cambodia. I am a bit mystified by the rave reviews this book has gotten.

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May 10, 2013 Jjo rated it 4 of 5 stars

I think I liked it. Maybe. I think this is a great story. I think that it needed a more experienced writer or more careful editing or.....something. Something to make me not cringe as I read the narration.

My mom LOVED it and I understand why. I found that I liked Sang Ly in spite of her narrative voice, not because of it. The narrative seemed to always be switching back and forth between really lame American idioms every sentence for a paragraph, and a formal language that I felt more comfortabl...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Tannie rated it 4 of 5 stars

It'd probably give this 3 1/2 stars (instead of 4), mostly because it kind of annoyed me that the author used a REAL family to write a fictionalized story... seemed kind of off. He should have just made up an entire family.

I read this book quite rapidly and enjoyed it immensely. This is the story of a family (husband, wife, one child) that lives in Cambodia in a place called Stung Meachy which is essentially a dump. They dig through garbage to make a living (this is a real place). The protagoni...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Kerstin rated it 5 of 5 stars

"I have been quiet today because fear in my heart has been fighting with frustration in my brain, leaving little energy for my mouth. Halfway through the day, my brain declared itself the winner and started to work out a plan. Grandfather loved luck, but I am tired and can no longer wait around for its arrival." pg. 26

"And then I realize I must be dreaming. I bite my lip -- it hurts. I glance around the room -- it's our home at the dump. surely, if I were dreaming, I'd be living in a place nicer...more

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Feb 28, 2013 Renae Ramos rated it 4 of 5 stars

Author, Camron Wright humbles his audience with fantastic imagery, leading the reader through the story of a family who literally has nothing and everything at the same time. The motivation to gain an education was magical to read about in this novel, as a determined mother struggles to help her ill son, and her hardworking husband make a better life for themselves. Sang Ly, the main character, befriends the most unlikely of souls only to learn that through determination, hard work, and passion-...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Rosalyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

This story is told in first person by Sang Ly, a young Cambodian woman who lives with her husband, Ki Lim, on the outskirts of Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in Cambodia. She, her husband, and their young son eke out a living by "picking"--collecting recyclable garbage and selling it for money. Despite the grim surroundings, they are reasonably happy, surrounded with family and friends. Sang Ly's only real unhappiness is the poor health of her son. One day, however, as things s...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Liz rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: true-to-life

This book is a fictionalized story about a REAL family living at the capitol city's garbage dump in Cambodia. I did some research into Cambodian history prior to reading this book. I'm glad I did. His characters make some references to history without a lot of explanation, so I'm glad I already knew some of the information. A very intriguing book. The author's son went on a mission to Cambodia and had since returned several times to do humanitarian work. He then produced a documentary film about...more

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Feb 04, 2013 Cynthia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: great-reads

This book really exceeded my expectations. I'd give it 4 1/2 stars. The book is about Sang Li and her husband Kim Lim who live in a municipal dump in Cambodia together with their young son, Nisay. They scrape together a living by combing the garbage dump for recyclables and other reusable items that other, more well-to-do, people have thrown out. Even amongst such despicable living conditions they still have rent to pay, and thus we meet Sopeap Sin, the rent collector.

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Jan 14, 2013 Mark rated it 4 of 5 stars

I found this book very enjoyable and very moving. Some things I liked:

1. The bits and pieces of Cambodian history.
2. The description and imagery of the Stung Meachy dump and the people that live there.
3. Sopeap Sin's past. Although parts of the book related to Sopeap were quite predictable, there were certain aspects of her story that kept me captivated and wanting to read more. I was particularly touched by the story of the housekeeper during the Khmer Rouge takeover.
4. The story of Sang Ly and...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Kathryn rated it 4 of 5 stars

What an amazing book of hope from trash to treasure! One would think that hope would be all but non existent when living in the dump in Cambodia. Yes, people really live in other people trash. I don't know if you could call it living, but rather existing. Ki Lim, Sang Ly, and Nisay's depend on Ki's ability to find recyclables from the trash heap in order to sell and get money for food and rent. The rent collector has many names: "Cow", Sopeap, and lastly Soriyan. The first is before the Lim fami...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Tawny Winward rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction, book-group

Based on a real people, but with a made up story. I didn't think I would like this book, but I ended up liking it a lot. Making the story be about literacy coming to a woman in the place she was in was quite fascinating. Too bad the story wasn't real.

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To understand literature, you read it with your head, but you interpret it with your heart. The two are forced to work together--and, quite frankly, they often don't get along. (57)

One of the first lessons that I hope you grasp is th...more Based on a real people, but with a made up story. I didn't think I would like this book, but I ended up liking it a lot. Making the story be about literacy coming to a woman in the place she was in was quite fascinating. Too bad the story wasn't real.

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To understand literature, you read it with your head, but you interpret it with your heart. The two are forced to work together--and, quite frankly, they often don't get along. (57)

One of the first lessons that I hope you grasp is that woven into meaningful literature, so tightly that it can't be separated, is a telling lesson, even in stories as short as this one.... Good stories teach! (83)

Stories are often layered with meaning. If you don't learn from a story's message, if you gloss over or dismiss it--even if it's a message with which you don't agree--then you have wasted not only your time but the writer's time as well. (84)

Don't we all choose to live in the dump in certain aspects of our lives? (108)

Stories teach us to not give up hope because there are times in our own journey when we mustn't give up hope. They teach endurance because in our lives we are meant to endure. They carry messages that are older than the words themselves, messages that reach beyond the page. (127)

Do you have friends or acquaintances who are always mischievous and making jokes? ... Not only do these people provide relief with their wit, but their often impish actions point out the absurd, things that need to change...the trickster. (134)

Sometimes, the shadow is the villain, but a shadow may also be someone who simply disagrees with the hero and tries to pull him or her in a different direction. And sometimes the shadow isn't a character at all....At times the shadows can be within us--all of our dark secrets that try to tear us apart, secrets that we can't or don't admit, even to ourselves....Remember from the shadow's point of view, WE are the shadow and he is the hero. And here is something else just as confusing: sometimes these characters are all mixed together. We may find that any character in the story can temporarily wear the mask of any or all of these, even the hero. (135)

It was about two children in love whose homes were separated by a thick wall--and yet they found a crack through which they could sometimes speak....I imagine this is how it must be with our ancestors. They watch us closely, full of love and concern, sometimes whispering encouragement through a crack, but mostly just satisfied to know that we are happy....I was just allowed to peek through a crack in the wall.
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Sopeap taught me that hearts comprehend truth. (262)(less)

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Jan 02, 2013 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

very few books have been so loved that i have obtained them one day and have finished them by the next. i love this book. its an easy read but so believable and teaches so much on so many levels. i have a friend from Cambodia that lived through the revolution, surviving the prison camps as a child but only because she escaped. she heard her father shot outside their home by the revolutionary soldiers as her father was an educated important man. her life story is incredible and inspiring. i just...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Taffy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

I was a little worried about reading this book just for the fact that I have a hard time reading about, well, hard times. From the cover and blurb I knew I'd be reading about Cambodians living in a dump. Hard times. But the first line, first chapter, first character drew me in and gave me hope.

RENT COLLECTOR is about a Cambodian family who ekes a living going through the city's trash and finding junk they can trade or sell for food. Sang Ly is a mother of a small boy who is constantly sick and s...more

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Oct 28, 2012 Rachelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

When I received this book in the mail, I stared at the cover for several minutes trying to wrap my brain around the truth behind this fictionalized account of Sang Ly's life.
My nine-year-old daughter saw the cover of the book and I explained to her that it was a large dump where people put all of their garbage and that those shacks were houses where people lived. It was very hard for her to comprehend what I was telling her.
Why would they live in the dump?
Why can't they just come and live here (...more

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Oct 07, 2012 Kristin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Going into reading The Rent Collector, I expected a very different story, but I was delighted by the end and yearned for more time with the characters. Set in the Stung Meanchey dump in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia, The Rent Collector follows Sang Li, a young mother, and her husband Ki Lim as they battle each day to survive by digging through the waste to earn money for food and rent. With little more than a shack and a handful of possessions, the couple must work each day to protect their young so...more Going into reading The Rent Collector, I expected a very different story, but I was delighted by the end and yearned for more time with the characters. Set in the Stung Meanchey dump in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia, The Rent Collector follows Sang Li, a young mother, and her husband Ki Lim as they battle each day to survive by digging through the waste to earn money for food and rent. With little more than a shack and a handful of possessions, the couple must work each day to protect their young son, Nisay, who has been ill since birth, and deal with the likes of Sopeap, the vile rent collector who is perpetually drunk, and refuses to show compassion. It is not until a fateful encounter with Sopeap that Sang Li begins to see a different side of the terrible old woman, and that Sang Li comes to understand that Sopeap knows how to read.
Desperate to make a better life for her young son, and determined that literacy will open up a world of opportunities, Sang Li begs the rent collector to teach her to read. Although Sopeap is reluctant at first, the two women begin to cherish their lessons, discussing more than just reading, and over time, the two grow to rely on each other in unexpected ways. Just as Sang Li begins to feel that she is comfortable with the world of literature, Sopeap delivers crushing news, and Sang Li must fight to defend the new world that she has come to know through literacy.
The Rent Collector is a truly beautiful story. It is packed with fables, poems, short stories, and beautiful gems that add to the novel. The story is packed with layered life lessons, and readers come away with a wonderful sense of hope and a realization of the power of literature. The one part that was a bit confusing was that Camron Wright based his novel on a documentary filmed by his son, so while the characters are real people in Cambodia, the story-line is a fictionalized version of true events. Though I was a bit uncomfortable with this at first, I enjoyed the story so much that I came to hope that the fictional events mirror those in the life of the real Sang Li. This is a must read and a great choice for a book club because it has so many great moments for discussion! From www.shelfishness.blog.com (less)

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Sep 10, 2012 Cathy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Sang Ly lives with her husband Ki Lim and their son Nisay in the most unimaginable place for them to live, Stung Meanchey, a huge dump located in Cambodia. They are lucky to have a nice house to live in. Their house has 3 walls and they use a canvas tarp for the 4th. In order to get money, Sang Ly and Ki Lim must pick through the trash in the dump looking for recyclables to sell. This is a hard life, made harder by the fact that Nisay is a very sick little boy. He has almost constant diarrhea, t...more Sang Ly lives with her husband Ki Lim and their son Nisay in the most unimaginable place for them to live, Stung Meanchey, a huge dump located in Cambodia. They are lucky to have a nice house to live in. Their house has 3 walls and they use a canvas tarp for the 4th. In order to get money, Sang Ly and Ki Lim must pick through the trash in the dump looking for recyclables to sell. This is a hard life, made harder by the fact that Nisay is a very sick little boy. He has almost constant diarrhea, that Sang Ly must scrub off of him and off of their home every day. To her, it's not inconvenient, it's just life. They have no running water, no electricity. And to add to the injustice of this, they must pay rent every month, to a woman that those living in the dump call a "Cow", known in the beginning of the story as simply, The Rent Collector. This woman is perpetually drunk and she's not known for being nice, in fact, she threatens at the very beginning of this book to kick out Sang Ly and her family for not paying all of their rent at the same time, even though their money had gone to buy more medicine for Nisay. When The Rent Collector, Sopeap Sin comes back for the money, Sang Ly knows they are going to be kicked out, they can't pay now, because Ki Lim had been attacked by a gang and had to go to the doctor to be fixed up, but the oddest thing happens. Sopeap sees a book in Sang Ly's house and asks to take it, Sang Ly can tell that she can read it by the way her eyes move and Sang Ly knows that if she can get Sopeap Sin to teach her, she can make a better life for Nisay. Thus begins a very unlikely friendship between two very different women, that will change both of their lives.

This book really touched me. I had no idea that people actually lived in deplorable places like a dump before reading this. This book is a novel, but it's based on the life of the true Sang Ly. I love Sang Ly and the others that inhabit the dump. I love how they are thrilled to have a place to live, even though it's filled with garbage and infested with disease. I love how they keep trying to do all they need to do, for me I think it would get so overwhelming to try to get enough garbage to pay the rent every month. I love Sang Ly's attitude, she really has nothing, but she's so willing to help others. I want to be more like her, to be grateful for what I do have and not concerned with what I don't.

I was really touched by something that Sang Ly's Auntie said, so I'll share it with you. Sang Ly has returned to the place where she grew up where her aunt and uncle live. She loves the change of scenery from the dump and says she would love to stay in the city where she grew up because the dump is ugly. Her Auntie replies, "...Remember, the province, though beautiful, has it's own pockets of ugliness. While the dump is ugly, it also has pockets of beauty. I think finding beauty in either place simply depends on where you decide to stand." That's what I hope I can take from this book, if I can't find beauty where I'm standing, maybe I simply need to change my vantage point until I can.
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Jul 07, 2012 Stephanie Mason rated it 5 of 5 stars

Struggling to survive, Ki Lim and his wife Sang Ly pick their way through Cambodia's largest municipal garbage dump, looking for recyclable goods that can be sold for cash. Add to the fact that the place is reeking with refuge and human waste, the rains cause rivers of filth to constantly flow through their shack, not to mention the ever present threat of fires as a result of methane gas build up under the piles of trash. It's a terrible place to live, let alone raise a family. But Sang Ly is de...more

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Dec 08, 2012 Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars

FANTASTIC!! Out of the blue a friend handed this book to me and said, "I think you'll like this." And now I say that to everyone. At RS we played the game where you rush around the room finding people who fit each description on the paper and get them to sign your paper. Same birth month as you, etc. One of the things was: find someone who read a book this week. I signed for many people, each time saying, "you must read The Rent Collector. On one paper I even put the name of the book on the line...more

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Nov 14, 2012 Kimberly Smith rated it 4 of 5 stars

I just completely devoured this book in the last 24 hours, after it came highly recommended to me by my daughter, Alexis Smith, the voracious reader of the family.

It tells the story of Sang Ly and her husband Ki Lim and their sickly baby boy, Nisan. They literally live in a shack on the edge of the city dump in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and eke out their meager existence by scavenging the mountains of toxic waste for items to sell or trade in hopes that they might make their monthly rent payment. I...more I just completely devoured this book in the last 24 hours, after it came highly recommended to me by my daughter, Alexis Smith, the voracious reader of the family.

It tells the story of Sang Ly and her husband Ki Lim and their sickly baby boy, Nisan. They literally live in a shack on the edge of the city dump in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and eke out their meager existence by scavenging the mountains of toxic waste for items to sell or trade in hopes that they might make their monthly rent payment. It's dangerous work between the flammable items, the toxic fumes, hidden sharp glass and twisted metal that cuts, burns and severs skin, and marauding gangs who beat and steal the most precious of items.

They don't have much, but they have each other, which is more than some. Her husband is a good and kindly man who truly loves his wife and child. They have a support system among the other garbage pickers who look out for each other, and yet they must all face the rent collector, Sopeap Sin, each month or face eviction. Sopeap Sin is an ugly,alcoholic woman who is completely disagreeable, and who is often referred to as the "Cow" behind her back.

Hope and redemption can come in many forms, and Sang Ly finds both for herself and for a friend in the most unlikely place, and from the least likely person. All her luck changes for the better when Ki Lim finds a book and brings it home one day. She begins a journey of learning how to read, and anyone who loves books, reading and literature will love this story and the lessons Sang Ly finds from her unlikely teacher, and in the literature.

As a side note, there is a small section of the book that looks back at the time in history when the Khmer Rouge came into the streets celebrating victory in 1975 and the people of Cambodia temporarily felt jubilation that they had been liberated from the warring factions, but that celebration was short lived, when the Khmer Rouge turned out to be much worse. Nothing short of a genocide, the Khmer Rouge slaughtered over a million Cambodians, targeting the educated, especially doctors, lawyers, teachers, journalists, writers, and anyone and their families who had ever traveled to America. I had learned all of this from my mother who brought home the movie "The Killing Fields" when I was only about 12 or 13 years old. She felt that every American should watch the movie and understand what was going on in the world. It is a remarkably shocking and disturbing film, but poignant, well acted, and one of my favorites to this day. It's a stain on the world's history, and yet a part of history that needs to be told so we can avoid certain elements from being repeated, just as we should from the Holocaust. I did enjoy already having that knowledge of the history of Cambodia when I read this book.

This is a wonderful book, one I would recommend to most. I ended up loving the characters, which are rich and complex. I loved when lessons were learned, and redemption was found. I loved the irony of the student becoming the teacher in the end. (less)

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Oct 04, 2012 Barbara Deer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Simply put, this book is a jewel. Another reviewer described it as "cleansing", and I completely agree.

Camron Wright lists Yann Martel's The Life of Pi as one of his favorites (and I like that Wright says he's not smart enough to be a literature snob, heh), and the style is similar, the prose elegant and simple.

The book is fiction, but inspired by Wright's son's time in Cambodia filming a documentary. I am, somewhat to my own dismay, only cursorily familiar with Cambodia and its terrible struggl...more

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Sep 20, 2012 Senica rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was absolutely amazing. The first couple chapters I wasn't sure I was up for reading about such heart wrenching conditions of life right now, but I am so glad I kept reading! The more I read the more I fell in love with the characters, and my desire to know their stories wouldn't let me put the book down. I have a passion for literature, and this book is a wonderful, absolutely wonderful book about the power of literature, of words, and of hope. It is an engaging, heartfelt, and incred...more

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Nov 10, 2012 Carrie rated it 5 of 5 stars

It is simply AMAZING!!! One of my top favorite books of all time. Considering how many books that I have read in my lifetime, that should convey how much I love this book! This is a gripping story that filled me with gratitude for my many blessings as I began to read of the struggles in Cambodia. Then, as the story progresses I am filled with a sense of wonder at the hope and determination of the women who survive at Stung Meanchey, the largest waste dump in all of Cambodia. This story tells of...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Stacy rated it 3 of 5 stars

I would give the story four stars and the writing three stars. Based on real people who live in one of Cambodia's largest dumps, this book follows a young mother's journey from illiterate trash picker to someone who takes destiny into her own hands and transforms her life and opportunities. There has been quite a bit in the news lately and in documentaries about the unusual communities that exist in some of the world's largest dumps. I'll admit, that all of that trash, refuse, pollution, etc......more

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Oct 23, 2012 Stacy Beck rated it 4 of 5 stars

I had seen this book at many local book stores recently & was tempted to buy it, but decided against it until I heard if it was good. My advice, if you see while out and about, BUY IT! This story turned out so unexpectantly beautiful and so different than I imagined. Such an easy read. This is a great book for young adults as well. I loved what was written on the last page...
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Mar 03, 2013 º°Lyndsey°º Evenstar rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: recomended-by-a-friend

This was such a powerful book, one which I hope to never forget. It described and created such a deep feeling of love for literature, that I found myself marveling at how lucky we are to have the ability to read at anytime. It showed what a powerful impact reading can have on an individual and family, and how much more of the world it opens up for us.
Sang Ly, and Ki Lim had such a special relationship. Being married in such harsh conditions and trying to raise a sick child is hard enough, tryin...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved...LOVED this book. One of my all-time favorites for sure. I loved her characters, and I was shocked to read that her characters are from her son's documentary about this very dump. Even though the author did a great job describing the conditions there, I was still blown over to see the photo's at the end showing just how the people would dig in the trash ~ and to actually SEE the mountains made it "real" for me. It is incredible that even though these people really do live like this, they...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Erika B. rated it 5 of 5 stars

4.5/5 stars! Wowza! This book was fabulous! It's poetry! Based on the true story of Ki Lim and Sang Ly who live with their sickly son, Nisay, in a municipal waste dump in Cambodia. Life is a daily struggle as they collect trash to trade for money so they can eat barely enough food and pay rent to their cranky rent collector. The dump is a dangerous place with the danger of gangs, combustible piles of trash, and the big dump trucks who don't care if you get in their way. Sang Ly longs for a bette...more

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Mar 07, 2013 Kris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-group, fiction

This is the story of Ki Lim, Sang Ly and Sopeap Sin. For Ki Lim and Sang Ly it is a story of survival, for Sopeap Sin it is a story of redemption. This story takes place at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. Ki Lin and Sang Ly live at the dump, collectiong recyclables from the trash. Their son, Nisay, is always sick and suffers from the environment he is living in. Sopeap Sin is the rent collector...yes, you have to pay to live at the dump...and as such, she see...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

Enjoyed this one. Sometimes stories about people living in third world conditions can be really depressing and burdensome, but this one was full of hope. Sang Ly is a great protagonist...she's genuine and down to earth, but with just enough spunk to make her be able to move mountains. The realness of the story--that Sang Ly is a actual person living in the conditions described in the book--makes it all the more interesting.

While living in the dump, one day Sang Ly discovers that the angry old r...more

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Camron Wright was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has a master’s degree in Writing and Public Relations from Westminster College.

He has owned several successful retail stores, in addition to working with his wife in the fashion industry, designing for the McCall Pattern Company in New York.

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“Love Forever

If I were the trees ...
I would turn my leaves to gold and scatter them toward the sky so they would circle about your head and fall in piles at your feet...
so you might know wonder.

If I were the mountains ...
I would crumble down and lift you up so you could see all of my secret places, where the rivers flow and the animals run wild ...
so you might know freedom.

If I were the ocean ...
I would raise you onto my gentle waves and carry you across the seas to swim with the whales and the dolphins in the moonlit waters,
so you might know peace.

If I were the stars ...
I would sparkle like never before and fall from the sky as gentle rain,
so that you would always look towards heaven and know that you can reach the stars.

If I were the moon ...
I would scoop you up and sail you through the sky and show you the Earth below in all its wonder and beauty,
so you might know that all the Earth is at your command.

If I were the sun ...
I would warm and glow like never before and light the sky with orange and pink,
so you would gaze upward and always know the glory of heaven.

But I am me ...
and since I am the one who loves you, I will wrap you in my arms and kiss you and love you with all of my heart,
and this I will do until ...
the mountains crumble down ...
and the oceans dry up ...
and the stars fall from the sky ...
and the sun and moon burn out ...

And that is forever.” — 11 people liked it

“Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.” — 9 people liked it

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