Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

by Katherine Boo

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The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. 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 reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager

ISBN: 9780679645504

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Nick Thompson

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"Katherine Boo doesn’t write a ton, but she writes is extraordinary."

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"If you want to read an unvarnished, first-hand account of life in one of India’s slums you should pick up Behind the Beautiful Forevers."

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