By Katherine Boo
Random House,2012.
256 pgs. Nonfiction.
“Beautiful
Forever!“ proclaims the flooring advertisement on the wall separating the
Mumbai airport from the Annawadi slum. Behind the wall, the 3,000 inhabitants of Annawadi struggle to
find a reason and a way to live. The squalor of the slum and the endurance of
the slum dwellers come to life through Katherine Boo’s sketches of the lives and
dilemmas of the children and adults of Annawadi. There is no condescension or indictment
in her tone; the tragedy and heartbreak are more real because you are never
aware of seeing through her eyes.
If you read this
book the depressing realities of life for the poor in modern day India will be
impossible for you to forget. Nonetheless I highly recommend you read it. SH
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