Salt Lake City:: Shadow Mountain,, (2012). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. "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. . . Just when things seem worst, Sang Ly learns a secret about the ill-tempered rent collector who comes demanding money - a secret that sets in motion a tide that will change the life of everyone it sweeps past. A story of one woman's journey to save her son and another woman's chance at redemption." SIGNED on the title page. Includes discussion questions, author's note. 271 pp plus 22 color photographs bound in at rear of book.

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On Dec 12 2022, a reader said:

This book was about hope, human resilience and relationships. It took me through every possible emotion and I couldn’t stop thinking about it after I finished it. This would be a good book for book clubs too.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 88096
Title: THE RENT COLLECTOR.
Author: Wright, Camron
Format/Binding: SIGNED hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Jacket Condition: near fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1609071220
ISBN 13: 9781609071226
Publisher: Shadow Mountain,
Place of Publication: Salt Lake City:
Date Published: (2012)
Keywords: cambodia, poverty,
Bookseller catalogs: Asian and Asian American;

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