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The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boo, Katherine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Urban poor > India > Bombay.
Creative nonfiction.
Table of 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
  • Market city
  • 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.