In this 16th Edition of our literary gatherings on Human Rights, Amnesty International's Black Tuesdays, We are going to put our magnifying glass on the violation that poverty and inequality entail in the aspiration towards a dignified and more just life for “all” people. To do this, we encourage you to know and analyze this catalog of books that lead us to reflect on poverty and inequality and that will be the protagonists of this edition of the gatherings and that you can get at the “Cosecha Roja” bookstore at the Sporting Club de Russafa in Valencia..
2 June 2026: POOR: A LIFE OF FIGHTING FOR A BETTER DESTINY. DE KATRIONA 0'SULLIVAN
«Poverty is everywhere and it is increasing, If you look the other way you are being an accomplice.", the writer emphasizes, which emphasizes the enormous social cost of, due to its direct impact on crime, addictions or mental health. He also insists that working to combat it is not a question of "charity" but of "justice and excellence.". La autora Katriona O'Sullivan, novel in Poor his childhood and youth immersed in poverty, the abandonment and drugs that devastated his house. Challenge that destiny marked by bad cards, the letters of the vulnerable, of those who are hungry. From that path of survival, learning and self-discovery, Katriona logra, through reading, thanks to some teachers, to some people, access university until reaching a doctorate in psychology.
Katriona O'Sullivan uses her personal story as a starting point since she believes that making these stories visible can contribute to understanding the complexity of poverty and developing more inclusive policies.. Poor not only reconstructs a difficult life story, but rather questions official discourses on merit, social mobility and real opportunities. For her, the worst was not the abuse., not even rape, was realizing that she could have been saved, but those who had that responsibility, they didn't.
“POOR” It is a call to empathy and action, and a manifestation of the power that literature has to inspire social transformation. It's not just a book about misery, but a celebration of life and the human capacity to find light and purpose in the midst of darkness.
