Chasing the Dragon - Couverture souple

Pullinger, Jackie; Quicke, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340908807 ISBN 13 : 9780340908808

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton, 2006

Synopsis

One woman's struggle against the darkness of Hong Kong's drug dens.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jackie Pullinger-To is a British woman who lives and works among the poor, the homeless and the drug addicts of Hong Kong.

Over thirty years ago she went to Hong Kong on a one way ticket, and arrived knowing no one with just $100 HK in her pocket. She lived and worked in Kowloon's notorious 'Walled City' and by 1981 she had set up the St Stephen's Society, which provides rehabilitation homes for recovering drug addicts, prostitutes, and gang members. By December 2007 it had grown to provide homes for 200 people.

The charity's work has been recognized by the Hong Kong government who donated the land for the rehabilitation homes.

Jackie's story is told in her renowned book Chasing the Dragon and she still lives in Hong Kong and runs the St Stephen's Society.

Andrew Quicke is Chairman of the School of Cinema-Television at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. He has lived in London, Southern California, Bangkok Thailand and Jerusalem Israel where he was bureau news chief for CBN and Middle East Television.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340908807
• ISBN 13: 9780340908808
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie