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 emotional informative sad medium-paced

Description

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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Moods

informative 61%
emotional 59%
sad 57%
dark 45%
challenging 44%
reflective 44%
tense 20%
adventurous 13%
inspiring 11%
hopeful 9%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 65%
slow 23%
fast 11%

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