Emily S

When Romi Grossberg decided, at thirty-five, to give up her job as a social worker in Australia for a two-year contract in the slums of Cambodia, she could never have imagined that the experience would change her life forever. Hip Hop & Hope is part memoir, part history, part travelogue, and completely engaging. Its portrait of Phnom Penh is complicated and indelible. Its story of work in an NGO is inspirational. At this hip hop youth centre, Romi evolves from a frightened burrung to a respected manager who knows the words, the tunes, and the moves.

Fallen from the sky in a burning ball of flames, she is battered, bruised, and can't remember who she is or where she came from. The only thing she is certain of is that this world is not her own. Stranded in a world of fae, Sage must face her own dark past to recover her memories and answer the question: What--or who-- is she running from? As ominous messages and threats mount, Sage will have to decide whether to keep running, or stay and trust her new fae friends and her own powerful magic.