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Author:
Boo, Katherine.
Title:
Behind the beautiful forevers / Katherine Boo.
Edition:
Random House Trade paperback ed.
Publisher:
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xxii, 256 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
2000 - 2099.
Urban poor--Mumbai.--Mumbai.
Economic history.
Social conditions.
Urban poor.
Slum.
Spontansiedlung.
Squattersiedlung.
Armut.
Book Discussion Set.
Mumbai (India)--Social conditions--21st century.
Mumbai (India)--Economic conditions--21st century.
India--Mumbai.
Mumbai.
India.
Creative nonfiction.
Creative nonfiction.
Notes:
Box with 10 copies of the title.
Summary:
Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions.
ISBN:
081297932X
9780812979329
OCLC:
(OCoLC)875457311
Locations:
EXPC755 -- Akron Public Library (Akron)
WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)
I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)
VSPC034 -- Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library (Lansing)
HCPC755 -- Remsen Public Library (Remsen)
BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

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