[Wikipedia] Carolina Maria de Jesus was a Brazilian outskirts memoirist who lived most of her life as a slum-dweller. She is best known for her diary, published in August 1960 as Quarto de Despejo after attracting the attention of a Brazilian journalist, which became a bestseller and won international acclaim.
![“[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money…” quote by Carolina Maria de Jesus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/268/carolina-maria-de-jesus-34061_brazil_on-brazil-in-our-country-everything-is-w_2574564.jpg)
