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The problem by most lights is overwhelming: at least 5,000 children live on the streets of Uganda's capital city of Kampala. Some forget the names of their villages. The youngest may not know the names of their parents. But Gladys Kalibbala--part journalist, part detective, part Good Samaritan--does not hesitate to dive into difficult or even dangerous situations to aid a child. Author of a newspaper column called "Lost and Abandoned," she is a resource that police and others turn to when they stumble across a stranded kid with a hidden history.

Jessica Yu delivers an acutely observed story of this hardnosed and warmhearted woman, the children she helps, and the twists of fate they experience together. The subplot of Gladys's garden--her precarious dream of providing a home and livelihood for her vulnerable charges--adds fascinating depth. Garden of the Lost and Abandoned chronicles one woman's altruism, both ordinary and extraordinary, in a way that is impossible to forget, and impossible not to take to heart.

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  • Title Garden of the Lost and Abandoned: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Woman and the Children She Saves
  • Author Jessica Yu
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin
  • Publication date 2017-11
  • ISBN 9780544617063 / 0544617061
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.30 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Child welfare - Uganda, Kalibbala, Gladys
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017044919
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.730

About the author

JESSICA YU is a prolific filmmaker known for both her scripted and nonfiction work, which includes the Academy Award-winning short BREATHING LESSONS. Her documentaries have focused on art, social justice, and the environment. She lives in Southern California.
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