When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands o

"When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When people are assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in

A "womanly hearted" account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness, and death that centers on the lives of women and children of a hillside favela in

"Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics, in its original form--now integrally reproduced in the new edition--is a most important seminal study of an Irish communi

A "womanly hearted" account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness, and death that centers on the lives of women and children of a hillside favela in