The Rent Collector

The Rent Collector

2012 • 304 pages

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Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia's largest municipal dump. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of Stung Meanchey, Sang Ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty.

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February 25, 2020

I loves this book. It has both happy and sad moments. It's going to have a place in my top 100 favorite books.

January 19, 2014

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