Advantages: A touching Realistic account of a slum Disadvantages: None
...is his partner in the City of Joy Foundation (registered in France under the official name of Action pour les enfants des lépreux de Calcutta), which is a purely volunteer-driven association. The couple lives in the south of France.
The other books written by Lapierre include ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' They have one daughter, Alexandra, who also is a writer.
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About the book ' City of Joy '
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... ...area of Calcutta called The city of Joy.
The book dwells on the lives of men and women and children who have been uprooted from their homes in rural villages of India, by implacable nature and hostile circumstances, and thrown into a city whose capacity for hospitality has been pushed beyond imagination.It is a story about how people learn despite incredibly difficult odds to survive, to share and to love.
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