| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
419 pages (large print) ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Random House, c2012. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Between roses -- Undercitizens. Annawadi ; Asha ; Sunil ; Manju -- The business of burning. Ghost house ; A hole she called a window ; The come-apart ; The master -- A little wildness. Marquee effect ; Parrots, caught and sold ; Proper sleep -- Up and out. Nine nights of dance ; Something shining ; The trial ; Ice ; Black and white ; A school, a hospital, a cricket field. |
| Summary |
Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to good times. But then, as the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.8 14.0 156642. |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- India -- Mumbai.
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Large type books.
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Urban poor -- India -- Bombay.
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City and town life -- India -- Bombay.
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Bombay (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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| Added Title |
Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity |
| ISBN |
9781594136184 softcover $17.99 |
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1594136181 |
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