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Join author Jacob Wheeler for a reading at Brookline Booksmith from his book “Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World, One Child at a Time” — the story of a woman from Maine who launched a school in the Guatemala City dump.
Maine-native Hanley Denning saw poverty and desperation in its ugliest form, and refused to turn a blind eye. A former track star at Bowdoin College, Denning was struck by what she saw at the Guatemalan City dump: garbage pickers competing with vultures for the food dumped by trucks, toddlers playing amidst rats. The experience prompted her to, as Mother Teresa said, "find her own Calcutta." Hanley called her family in New England and asked them to sell everything she owned and wire her the ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Phone: 6128045975
Email: jacobroyalwheeler@gmail.com
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jacob-wheeler-angel-of-the-garbage-dump-tic...
Additional time info:
Wheeler will present and read for 45 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q&A, followed by a book signing.