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c2012., Random House Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: Katherine Boo spent three years among the residents of the Annawadi slum, a sprawling, cockeyed settlement of more than 300 tin-roof huts and shacks in the shadow of Mumbai's International Airport. From within this "sumpy plug of slum" Boo unearths stories both tragic and poignant--about residents' efforts to raise families, earn a living, or simply survive. These unforgettable characters all nurture far-fetched dreams of a better life. As one boy tells his brother: "Everything around us is roses. And we're like the s**t in between.· A New Yorker writer and recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Genius grant, Boo's writing is superb and the depth and courage of her reporting from this hidden world is astonishing. At times, it's hard to believe this is nonfiction.
![Behind the beautiful forevers [eBook] : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity](/Library/images/~imageCT75418.JPG "Behind the beautiful forevers [eBook] : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity")
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c2012., Random House Call No: 305.56 B724b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Katherine Boo spent three years among the residents of the Annawadi slum, a sprawling, cockeyed settlement of more than 300 tin-roof huts and shacks in the shadow of Mumbaiœs International Airport. From within this sumpy plug of slum· Boo unearths stories both tragic and poignant--about residentsœ efforts to raise families, earn a living, or simply survive. These unforgettable characters all nurture far-fetched dreams of a better life. As one boy tells his brother: Everything around us is roses. And weœre like the s**t in between.· A New Yorker writer and recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Genius· grant, Booœs writing is superb and the depth and courage of her reporting from this hidden world is astonishing. At times, itœs hard to believe this is nonfiction.
