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His next book, the rent collector, won best novel of the year from the whitney awards and was a nominee for the prestigious international dublin literary award. The rent collector camron wright, 2012 shadow mountain publishing 288 pp. It was a readers choice award winner, as well as a selection of the doubleday book club and the literary guild. The rent collector, his second book, won best novel of the year from the whitney awards and was a nominee for the prestigious international dublin literary award. Camron wright, quote from the rent collector literature is a cake with many toys baked insideand even if you find them all, if you dont enjoy the path that leads you to them, it will be a hollow. The rent collector by camron wright discussion questions.
The fictional part of themore the rent collector was inspired by a documentary called river of victory that my son shot in the garbage dump in cambodia. The book takes the real struggles and story of the family in this documentary and fictionalizes them just enough to fill in gaps and do what a good story does grab at our emotions and pull us in. The rent collector by camron wright 20, paperback for. Camron wright the rent collector was inspired by a documentary called river of victory that my son shot in the garbage dump in cambodia. To arrange a speaking engagement, contact dawn stuart at books in common, 54186288. If youve read one of my books and loved it, please take the time to share on social media and with family and friends. Contact the rent collector, a book by camron wright. He holds a masters degree in writing and public relations. Though the book is a work of fiction, it was inspired by real people living at stung meanchey. Not only is the story based on the experiences of reallife family, even many of the names. The rent collector by camron wright, paperback barnes.
Library survival for ki lim and sang ly is a daily battle at stung meanchey, the. Survival for ki lim and sang ly is a daily battle at stung me. The book was published in 2012 and won best novel of the year from the whitney awards, and it was also a nominee for the international. His first book, letters for emily, was a readers choice award winner, as well as a selection. He has owned several successful retail stores, in addition to working with his wife in the fashion industry, designing for the mccall pattern company in new york. While he is gone, sopeap sin, stung meancheys old, drunken, and bitter rent collector, comes to sang lys oneroom hut to demand their rent payment for the month. Camron wright is the author of the international bestseller letters for emily. If youve read one of my books and loved it, please take the time to share on social media and with family. I was immediately taken by the notion of a garbage dump as the storys setting. This novel was motivated by a documentary the river of victory, the largest municipal waste dump in cambodia called stung meanchey. Survival for ki lim and sang ly is a daily battle at stung meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of cambodia. The author wove a fictional story about the actual people, imagining what might happen if a family under those circumstances were given the gift of literacy.
He has owned several successful retail stores in addition to working with his wife in the fashion industry, designing for the mccall pattern company in new york. The rent collector by camron wright hardcover, 304 pages published september 2012 by shadow mountain isbn. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sang ly lives with her husband, ki, and their habitually ill son, nisay, in cambodias bi. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill. Dec 04, 2014 the rent collector was based on a documentary called river of victory. Sep 23, 20 the rent collector by camron wright allow me to begin with an intriguing tidbit and a cringeinducing warning thumbs up. It demonstrates that even in a dump in cambodia perhaps especially in a dump in cambodia everyone deserves a second chance.
In exchange for the book, sopeap sin will teach sang ly how to read. Camron wright its fiction, but inspired by the modern day journey of sang ly, a real person who lived in the stungmean chey dump in cambodia. The title of this book is the rent collector and it was written by camron wright. The rent collector is about a family who lives in a waste dump called stung meanchey in cambodia. I loved to read the thoughts of sang ly, as a mother, i could picture this clearly. Mar 19, 2018 camron wright based the rent collector off a documentary his son filmed called river of victory.
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Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. 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. Camron wrights novel the rent collector tells the story of young cambodian woman, sang lys acquisition of literacy. Inspired by real people, the rent collector by camron wright is the story of. The author wove a fictional story about the actual people, imagining what might happen if a family under those. Sang ly believes that education via reading will help the family find a way. The orphan keeper, a novel by author camron wright, is based on the amazing true story of a boy kidnapped from his village in india, sold to an orphanage and then adopted by a couple in the us. Buy a cheap copy of the rent collector book by camron wright. Where did the idea for the rent collector come from. Stung meanchey closed in 2009 and an alternate dump was opened, upon which no homes are allowed. The rent collector is the story of a young mother, sang ly, struggling to survive by picking through garbage in cambodias largest municipal dump. It was published by shadow mountain and has a total of 288 pages in the book.