Title: The Rent Collector Pdf
Author: Camron Wright
Published Date: 2013-10-01
Page: 271
''The written world offers hope for a brighter future in Wright's fact-based book. Shimmers.'' --Publishers Weekly''A beautifully told story about the perseverance of the human spirit and the importance of standing up for what is right.'' --Booklist''Through Sang Ly and the rent collector, readers will discover a wealth of insights: the lingering ravages of war, the common bonds of humanity, and the uplifting power of literature.'' --School Library Jounral Camron Wright holds a masters degree in writing and public relations. He says he began writing to get out of attending MBA school, and it proved the better decision. His first book, Letters for Emily, was a Readers Choice award winner, as well as a selection of the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. In addition to North America, Letters for Emily was published in several foreign countries. Camron lives with his wife, Alicyn, in Utah. They are the parents of four children.
An Uplifting Change of Scenery.... It took me a while after purchasing this book to actually read it because I mostly like to read positive and fun books, with a few downers thrown in between. I never write reviews, but I must comment on this one. It really made me see my own life differently. I was able to take a step back and appreciate all that I have without the cloud of guilt or darkness of some people's reality hanging overhead. It takes talent to write in a way that helps us see that even small and seemingly insignificant acts of kindness and generosity can mean a world of difference to someone else. I loved that I was still thinking about this book weeks after I finished it, and felt compelled to mention it to everyone I spoke with! There is a tiny bit of content that makes me hesitate in having my young teens read it, but I feel they have much to gain from it and will be sure to have them read it soon (the fact that I hesitate makes it all the more inviting to them, and they are begging me to borrow it). There is definitely something valuable, worth while, life changing, and even beautiful, in the time spent with Sang Ly in this book that takes us to a dump in Cambodia.Sang Ly and Her Teacher While it might sound odd to say that I love a book set in a garbage dump in Phnom Penh, it's true. Sang Ly, Ki Lim, and little Nisay live at Stung Meanchey, a garbage dump covering over 100 acres. Ki is a picker, someone who picks through filthy trash in hopes of finding treasures he can sell to buy food for his family, and Sang Ly is his young wife and the mother of their son Nisay.Despite the putrid smells, unsettling sights, and the unpredictability of their lives, the two never complain about their lot in life. Their most pressing concern is their toddler who is quite small for his age and has an ailment that doctors are unable to remedy. In addition to being consumed with worry about Nisay, Sang Ly and Ki have to deal with a frequently drunk, sloppy, crude, loud woman named Sopeap Sin, the rent collector. As the story unfolds, the reader learns of Sopeap's past and the events that led her to Stung Meanchy. Something happens one afternoon, and the rent collector begins teaching Sang Ly to read.Reading opens new worlds and ways of thinking for Sang Ly. Sopeap teaches her, "We are all literature--our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs, our passions, our strengths, our weaknesses. Stories express our longing not only to make a difference today but to see what is possible for tomorrow." Because of her reading ability, Sang Ly goes on to entertain, teach, and help others.In The Rent Collector, there is sadness and joy, good and evil, strength and weakness, birth and death, hope and despair, and past and present. Isn't that true of real life as well? The reader is left pondering something Sang Ly asked her grandfather: "Where is the balance between humbly accepting our life's trials and pleading toward heaven for help, begging for a better tomorrow?"Sang Ly says, "It is the beautiful times I cherish." If she can see beauty in her life, so can we who live in homes with air conditioning, healthy children, and wide screen TVS far away from garbage dumps with disease, stench, gangs, and leaches.Don't miss this one. Although THE RENT COLLECTOR is fiction, the inspiration for this book is the documentary film RIVER OF VICTORY. The story is set in Cambodia just after the decline of the Khmer Rouge regime. The two main characters, Sang Ly and her husband live in Stung Meanchey, a garbage dump, and to survive they pick through truckloads of trash everyday, looking for things they can sell. As you can imagine, the dump is filthy and dangerous, and life is uncertain. Sang Ly’s young son Nisay's health suffers from living in these conditions and gang violence is a heartbeat away. Sounds grim, but surprisingly enough the message running through this story is one of hope, determination and redemption. Sang Ly wants a better life for her son and she is convinced that the path to this dream is learning to read. As an avid reader, I loved this about. I loved that the author highlighted the power of reading. Recommend for book clubs and Historical Fiction fans
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