Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions

1030L

National book award winner, 2012

National Book Award for nonfiction, 2012

Prologue

Between roses --

Part one

Undercitizens -- Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju --

Part two

Business of burning -- Ghost house -- Hole she called a window -- Come-apart -- Master --

Part three

Little wilderness -- Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep --

Part four

up and out -- Nine nights of dance -- Something shining -- Trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field