Behind the beautiful forevers / Katherine Boo.
Record details
- ISBN: 141044676X : HRD
- ISBN: 9781410446763 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781410446763 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 141044676X (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 421 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print ed.
- Publisher: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
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Subject: | Urban poor > India > Mumbai. Large type books. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bethel Public Library | LARGETYPE 305.569 BOO (Text) | 34030128968341 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ALP 305.569 BOO (Text) | 33260000103516 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Deep River Public Library | LARGE PRINT 305.5 Boo (Text) | 36039000671361 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
Killingworth Library Association | LP 954.7 BOO (Text) | 33420145053501 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Oxford Public Library | LP 305.569 BOO (Text) | 33530120944019 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | LP 305.569 BOO (Text) | 34005118412872 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
Southbury Public Library | 305.5 BOO LP (Text) | 34019128878089 | Basement Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Weston Public Library | LP 305.5 BOO (Text) | 34053126987063 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |