This dramatic true account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo, from 1955 to 1960, introduced the world to the plight of the poor as an artist, a writer, and single mother of three children, while living in a hovel, supports her family by digging through the garbage for paper and scraps to sell. Reprint.

'Carolina (1915-77), whose childhood nickname was Bitita, evokes the hardships of her early life in 1920s-30s rural Minas Gerais. Volume was written in 1970s and posthumously published, first in French in 1982 and finally in Portuguese in 1986. This verycareful translation aims to retain inconsistencies and nonstandard grammar of the original. Valuable introduction and afterword by Levine'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

'Never before published in English, Carolina's second diary, written in 1960-61, describes her life in the first year after the sudden (and, as it turned out, temporary) fame of Quarto de despejo (see HLAS 25:4741). Translated faithfully into English, evokes the often awkward style adopted by Carolina. Excellent afterword and notes'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ (view table of contents)