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Author Roy, Saumya, author.

Title Castaway Mountain : love and loss among the wastepickers of Mumbai / Saumya Roy.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Astra House, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2169580~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  363.7282 ROY    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  363.7282 ROY    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 259 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254).
Summary The story of a girl who becomes obsessed with picking through the enormous Deonar garbage mountains in Mumbai in an effort to exploit urban overconsumption to find treasure that could lift her family's fortunes.
Subject Ragpickers -- India -- Mumbai.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- India -- Mumbai.
Marginality, Social -- India -- Mumbai.
Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions.
Genre Creative nonfiction.
ISBN 9781662600951
166260095X
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