Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Contributor(s): Boo, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400067553 ISBN-13: 9781400067558 Publisher: Random House
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
Dewey: 305.569 |
LCCN: 2011019555 |
Lexile Measure: 1030(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" L (1.30 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Awards: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award, Winner, Nonfiction, 2012 ALA Notable Books, Winner, Nonfiction, 2013 National Book Awards, Winner, Nonfiction, 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Finalist, Nonfiction, 2012 Pulitzer Prize, Finalist, Nonfiction, 2013 Literary Award, Winner, Nonfiction, 2013 Helen Bernstein Book Award, Winner, Excellence in Journalism, 2013 Guardian First Book Award, Nominee, First Book, 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize, Winner, Current Interest, 2012 |
Review Citations: Library Journal 09/15/2011 pg. 52 Publishers Weekly 10/17/2011 pg. 61 Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2011 Entertainment Weekly 01/06/2012 pg. 77 Booklist 01/01/2012 pg. 20 Entertainment Weekly 02/03/2012 pg. 114 Library Journal 02/15/2012 pg. 118 People Weekly 02/13/2012 pg. 53 New York Times Book Review 02/19/2012 pg. 22 New York Review of Books 04/05/2012 pg. 22 Books & Culture 05/01/2012 pg. 19 Entertainment Weekly 08/03/2012 pg. 77 Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 33 NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 26 Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2012 pg. 7 LJ Top 10 Book 12/01/2012 pg. 23 People Weekly 12/31/2012 pg. 48 Entertainment Weekly 12/28/2012 pg. 105 SLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens 12/01/2012 pg. 38 |
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Quiz #: 156642 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
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Publisher Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE "Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang on to their humanity. Just as important, she makes us care."--People "A tour de force of social justice reportage and a literary masterpiece."--Judges, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times - The Washington Post - O: The Oprah Magazine - USA Today - New York - The Miami Herald - San Francisco Chronicle - Newsday In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi's "most-everything girl," might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, based on years of uncompromising reporting, carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century's hidden worlds--and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. WINNER OF: The PEN Nonfiction Award - The Los Angeles Times Book Prize - The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award - The New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker - People - Entertainment Weekly - The Wall Street Journal - The Boston Globe - The Economist - Financial Times - Foreign Policy - The Seattle Times - The Nation - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Denver Post - Minneapolis Star Tribune - The Week - Kansas City Star - Slate - Publishers Weekly |
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