Behind the beautiful forevers, paperback/katherine boo

Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport.

Its residents are garbage recyclers, construction workers and economic migrants, all living in the hope that a better future lies ahead.

Boo charts the lives of the residents as crime and a global recession shocks the city, and things get a whole lot worse.

Ones first reaction is disbelief followed by stunned silence }Times{.