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Quarto de Despejo

By Carolina Maria de Jesus

First published 1960

A first-hand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo from 1955 to 1960, details the plight of an artist, writer and single mother of three children who, while living in a hovel, supported her family by digging through the garbage for paper and scraps to sell.

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1960
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