Behind the beautiful forevers / Katherine Boo.
By: Boo, Katherine
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House, c2012Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxii, 256 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781400067558 (hbk : alk. paper); 1400067553 (hbk : alk. paper); 9780812994186; 0812994183.Other title: Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity [Dust jacket title:].Subject(s): Urban poor -- India -- Mumbai | Creative nonfictionDDC classification: 305.5/690954792 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 305.5 B644 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003399060 |
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Between roses -- Undercitizens. Annawadi ; Asha ; Sunil ; Manju. -- The Business of Burning. Ghost house ; A hole she called a window ; The come-apart -- The master. -- A Little Wildness. Marquee effect ; Parrots, caught and sold ; Proper sleep. -- Up and Out. Nine nights of dance ; Something shining ; The trial ; Ice ; Black and white ; A school, a hospital, a cricket field.
Based on three years of reporting, Katherine Boo tells the story of families who striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport.
National Book Award. Finalist
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