The Rent Collector by Camron Wright is a novel I finished reading over the weekend. I do not remember where I first heard about it, but it was definitely worth reading. Sang Ly lives in a garbage dump in Cambodia with her husband and young son. Her family is just trying to survive...her husband picks through trash every day in hopes of finding enough of value to sell. Sang Ly also picks through the trash and one day finds something that helps her make an unexpected friend. The author did a good job of portraying the characters and showing the challenges of people who live at the dump. This book reminded me that people are not always what they seem on the surface. It would be a good story to discuss with a friend or a book group.
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