Boo’s prose is electric.” -O: The Oprah Magazine “ stunning piece of narrative nonfiction. “There are books that change the way you feel and see this is one of them.” -Adrian Nicole LeBlanc “ landmark book.” - The Wall Street Journal
“This book is both a tour de force of social justice reportage and a literary masterpiece.” -Judges’ Citation for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award
“Reported like Watergate, written like Great Expectations, and handily the best international nonfiction in years.” - New York beyond groundbreaking.” -Junot Díaz, The New York Times Book Review “A book of extraordinary intelligence humanity. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Winner of the National Book Award | The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award | The Los Angeles Times Book Prize | The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award | The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, based on years of uncompromising reporting, carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds-and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy terror and global recession rock the city and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi’s “most-everything girl,” might become its first female college graduate. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. The simplest of motivation can affect the entire slum by swaying the most influential people in the slum.In this brilliant, 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 shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport.Bribery runs rampant in Annawadi from elections to medical care.Annawadis are prevented from bettering their lives by Annawadi officials who take far more than they give.The people of Annawadi are often exploited, while the corrupt officials sour the programs meant to enhance their lives.People in the slums have no right to human decency at all, and the script is often flipped so that the victim of a bad situation is targeted as the root cause of the problem.Rights are nearly non-existent in the slums.
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