{"product_id":"a-voice-out-of-poverty-jillian-haslam-9781970107234","title":"A Voice out of Poverty: The Power to Achieve through Adversity","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE MOTHER THERESA INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \". . . a coming of age story of courage, survival and inner strength which illuminates the human condition in all its squalor and glory.\"\u003cb\u003e--Vikas Swarup, writer of \u003ci\u003eSlumdog Millionnaire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom Devastating Poverty and Childhood Trauma to International Standing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rising from the slums of Calcutta, where Jillian Haslam and her family were forced to live after British colonization ended, \u003ci\u003eA Voice out of Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e traces the remarkable journey of this determined, and compassionate woman as she uses her story and her voice to speak for the poor and powerless.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Haslam first embodied her fierce will to never give up as a young girl, when she stood for hours at a tea shop, begging for a ladle of milk to keep her newborn sister from dying of starvation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Voice out of Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e leaves the reader asking how someone so young had the tenacity to overcome so much--and then go back to face it all again in a passionate effort to spare others from the suffering that she endured and witnessed all around her growing up.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"It is no Cinderella story, but rather emphasizes hard work and sheer courage. Poverty, gender, and race are at the forefront of our problems--and indeed, problems worldwide.\" \u003cb\u003e--Shachi Amdekar President, Cambridge University International Development Society, UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jillian Haslam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1970107235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970107234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Top Reads Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2022 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2022","brand":"Jillian Haslam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078744731903,"sku":"9781970107234","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cdf41a34-b80f-4de9-88e5-97f4779ec8d1.jpg?v=1685477266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-voice-out-of-poverty-jillian-haslam-9781970107234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}