| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
421 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
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| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Prologue: between roses -- Undercitizens. Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- The business of burning. Ghost house -- A hole she called a window -- A 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. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.8 14.0 156642. |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- India -- Bombay.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9781410446763 hardback |
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141044676X hardback |
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