DPL Book Group

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Event Details

This month's title: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo.

As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi's "most-everything girl," might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal.

Copies of each month’s book are available for checkout at the Main Library’s circulation desk four weeks before the meeting. For more information, call 730-4200/option 6. New members are always welcome!
Event Type(s): Book Club
Age Group(s): Adults