Behind the beautiful forevers
By: Katherine Boo
Contributors: On the Same Page (University of California, Berkeley)
Edition: Random House Trade paperback edition. On the Same Page edition
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780812988697
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Urban poor; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: 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.
Notes: "The book in your hands was especially chosen for you, and for your incoming class... This is our On the Same Page program..."--Introductory letter.

National Book Award for nonfiction, 2012
Table of contents: title: Annawadi --; title: Asha --; title: Sunil --; title: Manju --; title: Ghost house --; title: The hole she called a window --; title: The come-apart --; title: The master --; title: Marquee effect --; title: Parrots, caught and sold --; title: Proper sleep --; title: Nine nights of dance --; title: Something shining --; title: The trial --; title: Ice --; title: Black and white --; title: A school, a hospital, a cricket field.