Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

2012

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“Behind The Beautiful Forevers” is a hard read that I definitely won't want to revisit. That being said, I have no doubt that this book will stay in my mind. Through the lives of several slumdwellers in Annawadi, India, Katherine Boo explores themes of corruption vs hope and questions what the capability is for those in positions of poverty to escape. 

April 11, 2023