Behind the beautiful forevers /
Boo, Katherine
Behind the beautiful forevers / Katherine Boo. - 2014 Random House Trade paperback edition. - xxii, 256 pages ; 21 cm
Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- Ghost house -- The hole she called a window -- The come-apart -- The master -- Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Nine nights of dance -- Something shining -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field.
Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions.
1030L Lexile
National Book Award for nonfiction, 2012
9780812979329 081297932X
Urban poor--India--Mumbai.
Mumbai (India)--Social conditions--21st century.
Mumbai (India)--Economic conditions--21st century.
HV4140.M86 / B66 2014
305.5/690954792
Behind the beautiful forevers / Katherine Boo. - 2014 Random House Trade paperback edition. - xxii, 256 pages ; 21 cm
Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- Ghost house -- The hole she called a window -- The come-apart -- The master -- Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Nine nights of dance -- Something shining -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field.
Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions.
1030L Lexile
National Book Award for nonfiction, 2012
9780812979329 081297932X
Urban poor--India--Mumbai.
Mumbai (India)--Social conditions--21st century.
Mumbai (India)--Economic conditions--21st century.
HV4140.M86 / B66 2014
305.5/690954792