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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, the memories of the seedier side of Brazil.  This was a very accurate account of the hardships the poverty strick Brazilians experience.  The one thing that struck me in this books that mirrors my experience in Brasil, was that everyone expected to Govt to pull them out and take care of things. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49918172">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an incredible TRUE account, taken from journal entries, of a poverty stricken Brazilian woman.  This is not something you come across very often, and it was memorable!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This should be required reading for everyone in America. It offers a view of poverty that we, as a privileged nation, rarely see and therefore have no understanding of it and its implications.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is worth picking up, gives a firm example of the Favelas in Brazil in the 1950´s.  It is a short read, and a little monotonous because they are her daily diary entries.  I was glad I read it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was quite interesting to learn about this woman's life. I can't imagine having to live the way she did- day in and day out. It definitely helped me to feel grateful for my life and circumstances.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[B This book offered an informative diary of the life of a woman of Sao Paolo's favelas; sometimes, it was hard to keep hope, and sometimes, the details, while dismal, could have been fleshed out more.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in Portuguese, Quarto de Despejo, but they don't have that one on the site. So if some of the awesomeness of this book was lost in translation the English version might not deserve five stars.]]></body>
    
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