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Call Number:
CDBK 305.569 BOO
Publication Date
2012
Summary:
Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees b3sa fortune beyond countingb4s in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal.
Format
Audio disc
ISBN
9780307934055 9780307934079
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Call Number:
NF 305.56/BOO
Summary:
Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions.
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Books
ISBN
9780812979329
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Call Number:
305.5 BOO
Publication Date
2012
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. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees fortune in the recyclable garbage of richer people. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a rural childhood, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to good times. But then, as the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed.--From publisher description.
Format
Books
ISBN
9781400067558 9780812994186 9780812979329
Author
Call Number:
LP 305.5 BOO
Publication Date
2012
Summary:
Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions.
Format
Large print
Reproduction Note:
Large Print
ISBN
9781410446763
Author
Call Number:
LP 305.5 BOO
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Books
ISBN
9781594136184
by
Boo, Katherine
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eBook
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Vendor
Baker and Taylor
by
Boo, Katherine
Format:
eBook
Electronic Format:
HTML, ADOBE EPUB
Vendor
Libby
by
Katherine Boo, Sunil Malhotra (NAR)
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eAudiobook
Electronic Format:
BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
Vendor
Baker and Taylor
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