Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity Free Audiobook Download by Katherine Boo

Katherine Boo has written a book about the lives of people living in one of the poorest slums of India. The story chronicles the struggles of three different people: Annawadi, a mother struggling to keep her family alive and encourage hope despite their hopeless life; Gaya, a young girl who is trying to find her way in life, but is forced into prostitution because she doesn't want to be caught up in the cycle of poverty; and Kamala, a woman who refuses to give up despite the dark times that she deals with every day. This audiobook is narrated by Sunil Malhotra.

In the audiobook Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity, Katherine Boo draws readers into the complex web of poverty and despair that permeates India's poorest slums. In a short story that takes place in just one day, readers get a sense of the intense pressure felt by those who live on handouts here.

Katherine Boo takes us on a visceral journey through the heart of one of India's most challenging and increasingly important cities, Mumbai. The complex life stories of the people she meets among the denizens of Dharavi, a sprawling slum in Mumbai, are remarkable. There is "the beautiful" -- those who are lucky enough to live on top of the world with the space, wealth and opportunities that come from being privileged -- and "the less-beautiful," those whose lives are defined by extreme poverty and squalor. We meet Abha, a single mother trying to raise her two daughters in difficult circumstances; Suleman Moinuddin (Sule), so eloquent one moment, so violent as he fights for survival in the next

In Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo uses her striking prose to take readers into the life of a slum in Mumbai. Through extended portraits of characters like Damu, a police constable who is corrupt but honest and Ramu, an "undercity" resident who lost his son to illness, Boo offers vivid insights into life in India's most populated city.

Behind the Beautiful Forevers follows the lives of the inhabitants of Annawadi, a Mumbai slum. There are many cases of poverty and disease in Annawadi, but there is one that is told through the eyes of one girl, Jhummie. The story begins with her childhood and then to when she grows up and becomes pregnant at thirteen years old. Joining forces with a local reporter and an American doctor, Katherine Boo provides a glimpse into what Mumbai really looks like.

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity is Katherine Boo's masterful account of the lives that live on the margins of her city. An engrossing, deeply humane narrative about the tangle of human destinies in contemporary India, Behind the Beautiful Forevers begins with one small story before moving inexorably to encompass all that makes life here in this nation of nearly 1 billion people.