Learn how to Behind the Beautiful Forevers
[life, Death, and Hope in A Mumbai Undercity]
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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"--Jacket.
Imprint:
New York - Random House
Pages:
256
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781400067558, 1400067553
Call number:
305.5690954792 B7241b 2012
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue: between roses
Undercitizens. Annawadi
Asha
Sunil
Manju
The business of burning. Ghost house
A hole she called a window
A come-apart
The master
A little wildness. Marquee effect
Parrots, caught and sold
Proper sleep
Up and out. Nine nights of dance
Something shining á
The trial
Ice
Black and white
A school, a hospital, a cricket field
Undercitizens. Annawadi
Asha
Sunil
Manju
The business of burning. Ghost house
A hole she called a window
A come-apart
The master
A little wildness. Marquee effect
Parrots, caught and sold
Proper sleep
Up and out. Nine nights of dance
Something shining á
The trial
Ice
Black and white
A school, a hospital, a cricket field
Notes:
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Prologue: between roses -- Undercitizens. Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- The business of burning. Ghost house -- A hole she called a window -- A come-apart -- The master -- A little wildness. Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Up and out. Nine nights of dance -- Something shining á -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field
Prologue: between roses -- Undercitizens. Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- The business of burning. Ghost house -- A hole she called a window -- A come-apart -- The master -- A little wildness. Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Up and out. Nine nights of dance -- Something shining á -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field
Statement of responsibility:
Katherine Boo
Characteristics:
xxii, 256 p. ;,25 cm
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Add a CommentLoved this book, but was shocked when I read that it was a true story well researched by Ms. Boo. That made it all the more moving and poignant.
Engaging. Sad. A story about the poorest of the poor in the slums of India and their daily hardships. It is also a book of dreams/hope where sometimes there is none. Sure makes you appreciate the comforts of home.
More fiction than fact in this reporter-written "narrative nonfiction" book.
Read for the library's non-fiction book club (February 2013 - Crystal Lake Public Library). I liked it because it read like a novel and not just a list of facts, and also because it helps you see what life is like by those who live it everyday in the slums of India, right next to the burgeoning wealthier class. I felt it was a truthful account that tried to lay out how things work and why for some of the poorest people in the world. It makes you appreciate when you have your water shut off or heat shut off because of lack of money. This happens to those of us who are underpaid in the U.S. at least a few times a year, but it is a normal part of their lives to never even have it to begin with, so despite our struggles in the U.S., we should definitely appreciate what we have no matter what the circumstances. I definitely would recommend this book to those interested in contemporary life in India and those who want to appreciate what they have and the meaning of working smart in dire situations.
This is an unrelentingly grim portrait of life in a Mumbai, India slum. Having said that, it is a must read. There is no more compelling evidence that poverty is the greatest evil.
Very sad, but true. Well Written and truly shows you the way life really is apart from "our own comfortable little world".
Brilliantly realized portrait of life in a Mumbai slum. The non-fiction book of the year -- that reads like a novel.
This title won the 2012 National Book Award and is considered by many to be one of the best non-fiction titles of the year.
Becky & Paul's BC
This non-fiction bk didn't mean much to me because I've read & loved the cozy mysteries set in modern India by Tarquin Hall. I would have liked to know more of the gritty details of trash sorting in India. Depressing to think people are small-minded & petty the whole world over.