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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Ever wonder what life looks like when the glitter of a booming city just barely touches your corner? Behind the glitzy airport terminals of Mumbai, there’s a slum where dreams and dirt collide in ways most of us can’t imagine. Katherine Boo’s 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' doesn’t sugarcoat poverty or paint it as noble suffering—it pulls you into the messy, complicated struggle of people trying to survive and maybe get ahead in a world rigged against them.
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