256 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 2015 by Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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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.
Subjects
- Urban poor
- Social conditions
- Economic conditions
- Economic history
Places
- India
- Mumbai
- Mumbai (India)