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Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai
Saumya Roy2021 selection · Nonfiction
Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai
Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai by Saumya Roy appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, tales from around the world, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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