Garden Of The Lost And Abandoned e-bog

The problem by most lights is overwhelming: at least 5,000 children live onthe streets of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. Some forget the names oftheir villages. The youngest may not know the names of their parents. ButGladys Kalibbalapart journalist, part detective, part GoodSamaritandoes not hesitate to dive into difficult or even dangeroussituations to aid a child. Author of a newspaper column called ';Lost andAbandoned,' she is a resource that police and others turn to when they stumble across a stranded kid with a hidden history. Jessica Yu delivers an acutely observed story of this hardnosed andwarmhearted woman, the children she helps, and the twists of fate theyexperience together. The subplot of Gladys's gardenher precarious dreamof providing a home and livelihood for her vulnerablechargesadds fascinating depth.Garden of the Lost and Abandonedchronicles one woman's altruism, both ordinary andextraordinary, in a way that is impossible to forget, and impossible not to take to heart.