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Author:

Boo, Katherine.

Title:

Behind the beautiful forevers [large print] : life, death, and hope in a mumbai undercity / by Katherine Boo.

Format:

[large print] :

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

421 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Urban poor--Mumbai.--Mumbai.
Large type books.

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.

ISBN:

141044676X (hbk.)
9781410446763 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2011047438

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

DUPB413 -- Kanawha Public Library (Kanawha)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)