Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
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Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2013.
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Large print ed.
ISBN
9781594136184, 1594136181, 9781410446763, 141044676X
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419 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2013.
Format
Unknown
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9781594136184, 1594136181, 9781410446763, 141044676X
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Level 7.8, 14 Points

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Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. With a little luck, her sensitive, beautiful daughter, Annawadi's "most-everything girl," will soon become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to the good lives and good times they call "the full enjoy." But then Abdul the garbage sorter is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal. As the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. And so, too, are the imaginations and courage of the people of Annawadi.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Boo, K. (2013). Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity (Large print ed.). Thorndike Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Boo, Katherine. 2013. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. Thorndike Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Boo, Katherine. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Thorndike Press, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Boo, Katherine. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Large print ed., Thorndike Press, 2013.

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