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 sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
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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 65%
sad 63%
emotional 62%
challenging 51%
dark 43%
reflective 43%
tense 23%
inspiring 12%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 11%
funny 3%

Pace

medium 67%
slow 19%
fast 13%

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