{"product_id":"9780374714093","title":"Behind the Beautiful Forevers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stage adaptation of Katherine Boo's National Book Award-winning study of life in a Mumbai slum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, Annawadi, full of people with plans of their own.\u003cbr\u003e     Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he's as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government antipoverty funds to turn herself into a \"first-class person,\" while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum's first female graduate.\u003cbr\u003e     But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighborhood.\u003cbr\u003e     For \u003ci\u003eBehind the Beautiful Forevers\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121498833136,"sku":"9780374714093","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374714093_p0.jpg?v=1769892101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374714093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}