<div><P>The problem by most lights is overwhelming: at least 5,000 children live on the streets of Uganda&rsquo;s capital city of Kampala. Some forget the names of their villages. The youngest may not know the names of their parents. But Gladys Kalibbala&mdash;part journalist, part detective, part Good Samaritan&mdash;does not hesitate to dive into difficult or even dangerous situations to aid a child. Author of a newspaper column called &ldquo;Lost and Abandoned,&rdquo; she is a resource that police and others turn to when they stumble across a stranded kid with a hidden history. <br><br> Jessica Yu delivers an acutely observed story of this hardnosed and warmhearted woman, the children she helps, and the twists of fate they experience together. The subplot of Gladys&rsquo;s garden&mdash;her precarious dream of providing a home and livelihood for her vulnerable charges&mdash;adds fascinating depth. <I>Garden of the Lost and Abandoned</I> chronicles one woman&rsquo;s altruism, both ordinary and extraordinary, in a way that is impossible to forget, and impossible not to take to heart.  </P></P></div>

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Garden of the Lost and Abandoned

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