I Live Here is a rich collection of personal stories gathered from four distinct areas of the world in which the conditions faced by women and children are particularly devastating. Themes of poverty, displacement due to war, sexual abuse, familial responsibility, self-sacrifice, resourcefulness, hope and despair resonate with increasing power as one reads about each region.

These tales from Ingushetia (Russian Federation), Burma, Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) and Malawi are tied together through the arc of Mia Kirshner's personal journal entries, which frame the various contributions in the collection -- a collection of four separate volumes held in a fold-up cardboard package.

Street Stories: 100 Years of Homelessness in Vancouver by Michael Barnholden and Nancy Newman with photographs by Lindsay Mearns (Anvil Press, 2007; $20.00)