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\n NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER \u2022 ONE OF TIME\u2019S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE \u2022 ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES\u2019S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY \u2022 A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY<\/p>\n

\u201cInspiring . . . 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.\u201d\u2014People<\/p>\n

\u201cA tour de force of social justice reportage and a literary masterpiece.\u201d\u2014Judges, PEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award <\/p>\n

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, New York, The Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Newsday<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees \u201ca fortune beyond counting\u201d 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\u2019s \u201cmost-everything girl,\u201d 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. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s hidden worlds\u2014and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. <\/p>\n

WINNER OF: The PEN Nonfiction Award \u2022 The Los Angeles Times Book Prize \u2022 The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award \u2022 The New York Public Library\u2019s Helen Bernstein Book Award<\/p>\n

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: 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 <\/p>\n

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Customers find the book well-written and eye-opening, with a coherent narrative that provides a fascinating look into life in Mumbai slums. They appreciate the character development, noting how the characters feel real, and one review highlights how the stories provide insights into global economic conditions. The book receives mixed reactions regarding interest and pacing – while some find it engaging and moving, others describe it as boring and slow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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