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Katherine Boo is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work focuses on the lives of people in poverty. Her first book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, was based on three years of reporting in a Mumbai slum and won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Her second book, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, is a sweeping portrait of the United States in the years since the 1970s, told through the stories of individuals who have been affected by the country’s economic and political changes.
Katherine Boo’s work is important because it gives readers a glimpse into the lives of people who are often overlooked. Her stories are humanizing and offer a rare look at the challenges faced by those living in poverty.
Original title | Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity |
Author | Katherine Boo |
Genre | Fiction |
Language | English |
Characters | Abdul, Asha, Kalu, Manju, Sunil, Zehrunisa |
Published | 2012 |
ISBN | 978-1400067205 |
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