{"product_id":"behind-the-beautiful-forevers-life-death-and-hope-in-a-mumbai-undercity-hardcover-by-katherine-boo","title":"Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity Hardcover by Katherine Boo","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRandom House; 1st edition (Feb. 7 2012)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e288 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e9781400067558\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e9781400067558\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e590 g\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e16.61 x 2.79 x 24.18 cm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__content-wrapper\" id=\"item-description__content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e’S\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eA tour de force of social justice reportage and a literary masterpiece.”—Judges, PEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Beautiful Forevers, \u003c\/i\u003ebased on years of uncompromising reporting,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecarries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds—and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF: The PEN Nonfiction Award • The \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize • The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award • The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe 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 • \u003c\/i\u003eMinneapolis\u003ci\u003e Star Tribune • The Week • Kansas City Star • Slate •  Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"author_summary\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e KATHERINE BOO\u003c\/strong\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and a former reporter and editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Award, a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and the Pulitzer Prize. She has divided her time between the U.S. and India for 10 years. This is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Residence:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43083609178273,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781400067558","price":30.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781400067558.jpg?v=1687580159","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/behind-the-beautiful-forevers-life-death-and-hope-in-a-mumbai-undercity-hardcover-by-katherine-boo","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}