Behind the Beautiful Forevers Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity |
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Author:
| Boo, Katherine |
ISBN: | 978-1-4104-4676-3 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning Author -- Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a teenager who sorts and sells recyclable airport garbage, believes he will lift his family of eleven out of poverty. Then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terrorism and recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions turn brutal. In Boo's riveting book, global change is made human.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning Author -- Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a teenager who sorts and sells recyclable airport garbage, believes he will lift his family of eleven out of poverty. Then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terrorism and recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions turn brutal. In Boo's riveting book, global change is made human.