Samba of Survival: My Light Within

By Maria Leda Souza Hogan

The book is a vivid account of a life lived at the margins of society in a country where class and access to quality of life would intersect with social determinants of health and dreams for a better future. The author's compelling description of life in the favela is a breathtaking rendition of a life lived on the edge of a sharp knife where hunger, abuse, disregard, lack of opportunities and infrastructure, of sanitation and food would trigger multiple defense mechanisms of survival: A samba of survival.

How to outlive what one cannot control? Where is the light of the North Star to guide, like a focused laser beam, the spiritual strength to celebrate life and believe in the power of our inner strength? Maria Hogan's biography is a source of inspiration in which answers to these and more questions are found.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1960142860
• ISBN13: 9781960142863
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: MindStir Media
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"