Behind the beautiful forevers life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity

Main Author:	Boo, Katherine.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House, c2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Urban poor > India > Bombay. Bombay (India) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.

Item Description:	Subtitle from dust jacket.
Physical Description:	xxii, 256 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9781400067558 (alk. paper) 1400067553 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Katherine Boo was born on August 12, 1964 and grew up in the Washington D. C. area. She graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Her reporting from disadvantaged communities has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, and a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. Her first book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2012), as well as nonfiction prizes from PEN, the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the New York Public Library, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. (Bowker Author Biography)