Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda’s book portrays the sometimes unfair, often harsh contrasts in socioeconomic circumstances between wealthy and poor countries, writes David Gorin SOMETIMES, simple stories about ordinary people are the most inspiring. Especially those of children, whose innocent but sometimes brash impudence shapes dreams and ambitions as yet unconstrained by preconceptions.The intersection of Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda’s lives starts as an innocuous school task in the 1990s, a pen pal assignment set at Alifirenka’s American middle school. Ganda is the fated Zimbabwean boy who receives her letter, and their exchanges blossom. The two children bring out qualities of tenacity, generosity and commitment in one another, as they fight to stay connected at a time when the internet is in its infancy and the divide between countries is deeper than in the globalised age we experience now.The book portrays the sometimes unfair, often harsh contrasts in socioeconomi...
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