Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life...
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Number of Pages: 278
ISBN: 1400067553
ISBN-13: 9781400067558
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Bill Gates @BillGates
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Dec 17, 2012
- Curated in My Top Reads (of 2012)
Bill Gates @BillGates
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Mar 26, 2014
Katherine Boo spent three years getting to know the people of Annawadi, a slum of about 3,000 people on the edge of a sewage-filled lake in India’s largest city. Her book is a poignant reminder of how much more work needs to be done to address the inequities in the world. But it’s also an uplifting story of people striving to make a life for themselves, sacrificing for their families, and in their own way, being innovative and entrepreneurial in creating a vibrant local economy.
Bill Gates @BillGates
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Jul 5, 2012
- Curated in Great Summer Reading (2012)