The Smile of a Ragpicker: The Life of Satoko Kitahara - Convert and Servant of the Slums of Tokyo

by Paul Glynn

Book Overview

Following his acclaimed work, A Song for Nagasaki, in which Fr. Paul Glynn told the powerful story of Dr. Nagai, a Christian convert of remarkable courage and compassion who ministered to victims of the atomic bomb attack on his city, The Smile of a Ragpicker brings us the heroic story of Satoko Kitahara, a young, beautiful woman of wealth who gave up her riches and comfort to be among the ragpickers in the Tokyo slums. Motivated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586178814
• ISBN13: 9781586178819
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"