Prologue: Between roses -- Undercitizens -- Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- The business of burning -- Ghost house -- The hole she called a window -- The come-apart -- The master -- A little wildness -- Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Up and out -- Nine nights of dance -- Something shining -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field -- Authors Note -- Acknowledgements
Summary
This astonishing, brilliantly written book brings us to places we could otherwise never go as it unfolds a riveting contemporary drama: a group of remarkable people striving to better their lives, in an age of bewildering global change
Analysis
Biography
India
Mumbai (India)
Overseas item
Poverty
Slums
Social conditions
Notes
Cover subtitle: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
