The rubbish-picker's wife : an unlikely friendship in Kosovo
Gowing, Elizabeth2015
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Hatemja, a rubbish-picker's wife, lives in the poorest community in the poorest country in Europe. When Elizabeth Gowing is befriended by her, the women learn with, from and about one another. How can you find the best rubbish pastures for scavenging? How can you free children to go to school rather than to go out begging? How do you then convince the local school to accept them? And through it all, how do you maintain a precious friendship that's helped you find out he best you can be?
Main title:
The rubbish-picker's wife : an unlikely friendship in Kosovo / Elizabeth Gowing.
Author:
Imprint:
Cornwall : Elbow Publishing, , 2015
Collation:
364 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780957409033 (paperback)
Dewey class:
949.71914.971
Language:
English
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BRN:
2218163