Behind the beautiful forevers [sound recording] / Katherine Boo.

Title:

ISBN:

9780307934055

9780307934079

Personal Author:

Boo, Katherine

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

New York : Random House : Books on Tape, 2012.

Physical Description:

7 sound discs (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Compact discs.

Duration: 8:30:00.

Contents:

Prologue: between roses -- Undercitizens. Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- The business of burning. Ghost house -- The 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:

The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities, Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport.--From publisher description.

Geographic Term:

Bombay (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century

Subject Term:

Urban poor--India--Mumbai

Genre:

Audiobooks

Added Author:

Malhotra, Sunil

Performer:

Read by Sunil Malhotra.

OCLC Number:

ocn759868531