Our club had a great discussion on this book regarding the two main characters as they were portrayed in this book compared with other accounts about mary todd lincoln. Sang ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in cambodias largest municipal dump. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill. Book discussion, education, home, memory, poverty, the rent collector. A beautiful friendship grows between the two as lessons about life, love, and literature are shared. This 61page guide for the rent collector by camron wright includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 30 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. The rent collector chapter summaries flashcards quizlet. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. A live discussion with camron wright, author of the rent. Through sang ly and the rent collector, readers will discover a wealth of insights.
The rent collector is a much lighter and less daring book, even though its fictional. The rent collector discussion happy spring break friday so excited to start our family road trip down south and spend a week with my bestfriend and her man on the gulf. Mar 19, 2018 if you havent had a chance to read the rent collector by camron wright yet, put it on your list. The rent collector by camron wright, paperback barnes.
The book club will meet monthly to discuss the months reading selection. The two main characters, sang ly and her husband live in stung meanchey, a garbage dump, and to survive they pick through truckloads of trash everyday. The rent collector is a story of hope, of one womans journey to save her son. An amazing piece of literature, a mustread for every book club. The rent collector by camron wright hardcover, 304 pages published september 2012 by shadow mountain isbn. Camron steve wright a cloth bag containing eight paperback copies of the title, that may also include a folder with sign out sheets. I figured it would be depressing and i couldnt imagine how a story of people living in the dump was going to be much of a story to tell. While the rent collector does focus on how reading and literature can change the life of a family living in a dump in cambodia, the more important themes would have to be the importance of hope and second chances. Online resources and questions for your book club to connect your groups lives, interests and personal experiences to books you discuss.
Skinnylinnys thoughts on the rent collector updated on. Also explore the other information specifically assembled for book groups by clicking the menu items to the left. In the opening pages of the rent collector, sang lys grandfather promises that it will be a very lucky day. The rent collector, a novel by camron wright home facebook. Instead, the authors stated goal in writing the book was to imagine what the introduction of literacy would be to the inhabitants of stung meanchey, where his son had done documentary work. This is the story of a young mother, sang ly, struggling to survive by picking through garbage in cambodias largest municipal dump.
Presented by barberton public library at barberton public library, barberton oh. Click at bottom of book cover to see the discussion guide we also have basic questions for fiction and nonfiction books. April book selection discussion monday, april 20, 2015. The rent collector is a novel inspired on a documentary the river of victory, the largest dump in cambodia called strung meanchey. The rent collector book club kit arapahoe libraries.
This months selection is the rent collector by camron steve wright. The rent collector powerfully illustrates how literacy can change lives and how anyone can rise from the ashes in the most unlikely of places. Discovering sopeap is literate, sang ly devises a plan to learn to read and write from the old miserable woman. The written word offers hope for a brighter future in wrights fact. It makes for an excellent book club discussion and questions are available on. The story is set in cambodia just after the decline of the khmer rouge regime. Mar 28, 2014 the rent collector discussion happy spring break friday so excited to start our family road trip down south and spend a week with my bestfriend and her man on the gulf. Discussion of the rent collector by camron wright meetup. What you do every day matters, especially as you focus on building yourself, your goals, your dreams.
Dec 04, 2014 the rent collector was based on a documentary called river of victory. After reading it with your students, use these questions to discuss the story. Rent the collector 2009 starring josh stewart and andrea roth on dvd and bluray. Survival for ki lim and sang ly is a daily battle at stung meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of cambodia. It demonstrates that even in a dump in cambodia perhaps especially in a dump in cambodia everyone deserves a second chance. Stung meanchey closed in 2009 and an alternate dump was opened, upon which no homes are allowed. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of stung meanchey, sang ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of. Novel gobblers book club when just reading books isnt enough.
April book selectiondiscussion monday, april 20, 2015. The rent collector is the story of a young mother, sang ly, struggling to survive by picking through garbage in cambodias largest municipal dump. Our souls at night by kent haruf mount prospect public library book discussion questions. August 27, 2012 survival for ki lim and sang ly is a daily battle at stung meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of cambodia. May 20, 2014 so many in fact, that rather than providing redundant triggers to get your book discussion started, i recommend looking over the center for steinbeck studies for a selection of discussion topics. A fine balance by rohinton mistry book club discussion.
To ask other readers questions about the rent collector, please sign up. Nov 11, 2018 online resources and questions for your book club to connect your groups lives, interests and personal experiences to books you discuss, sunday, november 11, 2018 the rent collector. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The rent collector camron wright, 2012 shadow mountain publishing 288 pp. My book was inspired by a documentary that my son filmed at the stung meanchey dump in cambodia. Mount prospect public library book discussion questions. Video comments from the author for several of the questions are included below. If you happen to be local and want a good book club to join, let me know. Book group information the rent collector, a novel by camron.
The rent collector summer book for whap ii 15 terms. Rent collector test setting and characters 20 terms. Not only is the story based on the experiences of reallife family, even many of the names appear unchanged. Great conversations grew out of the book, using the discussio9n questions included in the book. A live discussion with camron wright, author of the rent collector. Without hope, sang ly would not have made it as far as she did in saving her son and learning the truth about sopeap sin. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of stung meanchey, sang ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty. Rent the collector 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. When the rent collector, sopeap sin, visits the familys home demanding payment, she is unexpectedly taken by nisays childrens book. Our souls at night by kent haruf, opens a new window. The rent collector by camron wright survival for ki lim and sang ly is a daily battle at stung meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of cambodia.
The rent collector by camron wright content rating and. Discussion questions for the rent collector are listed. How does the idea of luck reconcile with the novels epigraph, the quote from buddha on the opening page. Book group information the rent collector, a novel by. The alice network by kate quinn book club discussion. The rent collector is about a family who lives in a waste dump called stung meanchey in cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Before beginning your discussion, you may want to watch the speech steinbeck gave at the nobel banquet on december 10, 1962.
Where did the idea for the rent collector come from camron wright. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of stung meanchey, sang ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailings on from a life of ignorance and poverty. In the opening pages of the rent collector, sang lys grandfather promises that it will be a very lucky. Book discussion, cannery row, characters, discussion guide, discussion topics, nobel prize, steinbeck. Lincolns dressmaker by gregorylibrary see profile 021914. Find resources for your book club, whether it meets in your living room or across cyberspace. Sang ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in cambodias largest. Online resources and questions for your book club to connect your groups lives.
This help comes from an unlikely sourcethe illtempered rent collectorwho agrees to teach sang ly to read. Online resources and questions for your book club to connect your groups lives, interests and personal experiences to books you discuss, sunday, november 11, 2018 the rent collector. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. School library journal an amazing piece of literature, a must read for every book club.
The rent collector by camron wright critical praise. Grab your friends, whip up some banana slice bars and then enjoy discussing camron wrights the rent collector. The rent collector by camron wright reading guidebook club. Reviews and discussion questions for the rent collector are listed along with links to key places and things relevant to the story. She had hope for a cure for nisays ailment and a better. Any book on this list is a clean read, worthy of a great bookclub discussion or your own personal reading pleasure. Rent collector definition and meaning collins english. The wife and mother in the story, sang ly, learns to read and write, taking lessons from a surprising source. The rent collector is a story that uses a novel setting to tell a familiar tale of hope in difficult times. Meetings will be the first thursday of every month at the heritage at new riverside club. Although the rent collector is fiction, the inspiration for this book is the documentary film river of victory. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of stung meanchey, sang ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her. After reading it with your students, use these questions to discuss the story, literary elements, and personal responses. See all 17 questions about the rent collector lists with this book.
If you choose the page, youll be rewarded at books end with a bonus section of photos that speak further volumes. I thought it would be fun this year if i shared a book every month that im reading with my local book club. The rent collector is a fathers novel inspired by his sons documentary, river of victory. The rent collector by camron wright reading guidebook. Aug 24, 2012 camron wright its fiction, but inspired by the modern day journey of sang ly, a real person who lived in the stungmean chey dump in cambodia. Print the reading discussion questions by clicking the icon to the right. The official web site of the players club book club. The rent collector is a story of hope, of one womans journey to save her son and another womans chance at redemption. The rent collector please note, this event has expired.
The orphan keeper, a novel by author camron wright, is based on the amazing true story of a boy kidnapped from his village in india, sold to an orphanage and then adopted by a couple in the us. Sang and ki struggle to make a life as pickers in the dump community. Its a great discussion book for any book club and is also fabulous to read on your own. The rent collector was based on a documentary called river of victory. Camron wright its fiction, but inspired by the modern day journey of sang ly, a real person who lived in the stungmean chey dump in cambodia.
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