Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death and hope in a Mumbai Slum / Katherine Boo.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Portobello Books, 2012Description: xxii, 256 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781846274510Other title: Life, death and hope in a Mumbai Slum [Portion of title]Subject(s): Creative nonfiction | Urban poor -- India -- BombayAwards: National Book Award. FinalistSummary: This work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | HV4140.M86 B66 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0002925I |
This work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities.
National Book Award. Finalist