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The book took eight years to write, and is the extension of Elliott's original reporting 2013 on the life of Dasani, a homeless black girl in New York city. [1] The book explores several themes, including the failure in the city's safety net and support for those in poverty, glaring wealth disparity, and the cycle of violence.
Neelima has written books on the poor and women in India in both genres of fiction and non-fiction. Her novels Riverstones and Moneylender are based on rural farmers in India, [6] and her novel Shoes of the Dead includes a focus on farmer suicides. [7] In 2016, filmmaker Vetrimaaran optioned Shoes of The Dead to be adapted into a film.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a 2012 non-fiction book by Katherine Boo.The book chronicles the lives of residents in Annawadi, a slum near the Mumbai airport, offering an intimate portrait of poverty, inequality, and resilience in modern India.
Check out the best new nonfiction books coming out in 2023, including new celebrity memoirs, history and science books, and more.
Their books are among the most impactful nonfiction published in 2023. Here, the 10 best books of the year. More: Read TIME's lists of the best songs , albums , movies , TV shows , podcasts and ...
The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging authors. [ 1 ] The following are a few of the individuals who contributed to the list.
The best cities for Black women. MoneyGeek ranked 164 cities with populations greater than 65,000 from the best to the worst for Black women. The ranking includes analysis of income, poverty rate ...
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is a 2016 nonfiction book by American sociologist Matthew Desmond.Set in the poorest areas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the 2007–2008 financial crisis and its immediate aftermath, the book follows eight families struggling to pay rent to their landlords, many of whom face eviction.