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An edition of Behind the beautiful forevers
(2011)
Behind the beautiful forevers
life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
1st ed.
by Katherine Boo
- 7 Ratings
- 18 Want to read
- 1 Currently reading
- 10 Have read
This edition was published in 2011 by Random House in New York.
Written in English
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Subjects
Urban poor, New York Times bestseller, Creative nonfiction, nyt:hardcover_political_books=2012-02-25, Poor, Slums, Economic conditions, Social conditions, Poverty, Social classes, Fattiga, Armut, NEW LIST 20120331, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, HISTORY, India, Economic history, Nonfiction, History, Sociology, Large type books, Poor, india, Mumbai (india), India, social conditionsPreviews available in: English
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Apr 08, 2014, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Katherine Boo
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081297932X 9780812979329
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Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a Mumbai undercity
2013, Penguin Books
in English
0143420305 9780143420309
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Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a Mumbai slum
2012, Portobello Books
in English
1846274494 9781846274497
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Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death, and hope in a mumbai undercity
2012, Thorndike Press
in English
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Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
2011, Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
1400067553 9781400067558
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Behind the beautiful forevers
First published in 2011
Subjects
Urban poor, New York Times bestseller, Creative nonfiction, nyt:hardcover_political_books=2012-02-25, Poor, Slums, Economic conditions, Social conditions, Poverty, Social classes, Fattiga, Armut, NEW LIST 20120331, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, HISTORY, India, Economic history, Nonfiction, History, Sociology, Large type books, Poor, india, Mumbai (india), India, social conditionsBehind the beautiful forevers
life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
1st ed.
This edition was published in 2011 by Random House in New York.
Table of 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 | ||
| Market city | ||
| 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. |
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| March 8, 2021 | Edited by Lisa | Merge works |
| January 13, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| April 9, 2020 | Edited by Mek | adding Reading Level-Grade 12 to subjects |
| April 9, 2020 | Edited by Mek | adding Reading Level-Grade 11 to subjects |
| November 9, 2011 | Created by LC Bot | import new book |