num_pages: 145
description: Originally published in a small edition in 1954, A Tree for Poverty was Margaret Laurence’s first published book. In this new edition, Laurence’s collection of Somali poems and stories is accompanied with a discussion of her life in Africa, and her in-depth investigation of the oral tradition of Somali literature.
language: English
title: A Tree for Poverty
titlecomplete: A Tree for Poverty
genres: Canada, Poetry
ratings_count: 25
publisher: ECW Press