Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity / Katherine Boo.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594136181
- ISBN: 9781594136184
- ISBN: 1594136181 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781594136184 (softcover) :
- ISBN: 1594136181
- Physical Description: 419 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Detroit : Large Print Press : 2013, ©2012.
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General Note: | Originally published: New York : Random House, ©2012. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: 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. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. Even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to good times. But then, as the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. |
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Subject: | Urban poor > India > Mumbai. Large type books. City and town life > India > Mumbai. Mumbai (India) > Economic conditions > 21st century. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | LG PR 305.5 BOO (Text) | 34027146550226 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
New Milford Public Library | LP 305.5 BOO (Text) | 34021154075119 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
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