Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

288 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
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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 shado...

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3.96
based on 9,590 reviews

Moods

informative: 66%

sad: 66%

emotional: 64%

challenging: 48%

dark: 46%

reflective: 43%

tense: 22%

inspiring: 12%

hopeful: 11%

adventurous: 10%

funny: 3%


Pace

13% of readers chose fast
68% of readers chose medium
18% of readers chose slow
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