Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Three Cups of Tea

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is certainly a worthwhile read....not the best book I've read this summer, but it certainly stretches your thinking.  The back of the book gives a great summary....."In 1993 a mountaineer named Greg Mortenson drifted into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram mountains after a failed attempt to climb K2.  Moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school.  Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome.  Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools---especially for girls---in the forbidding terrain that gave birth to the Taliban.  His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit."

I especially found this book interesting since I spent two months in Pakistan doing an Occupational Therapy internship (that's a WHOLE 'nother post...perhaps when I am back in the US and have access to my scrapbooks....).  I visited many of the places he talks about in the book.  His is an amazing story of how one person really can make a difference in the world.

7 comments:

Jessica Brown said...

thanks for the review! my mom enjoyed this one and i've wanted to read it.

Momma Roar said...

How do you read so many books?? UGH, I just can't keep up!

I'm trying to read The Shack right now and I must say that I am enjoying it very much.

Thanks again for another great review...

jj said...

Read it and loved it. JJ

Kristen said...

I want to know how you read so many books?? I am so envious (in a good way)! I love to read but have not found much time to read lately.

Another book to add to my list.....

I want to hear about your two months in Pakistan sometime when you get back to the States!

Just Mom said...

My sister absolutely loved this book and has been telling me to read it. I'm still working my way out of Mitford and do plan on reading "Three Cups..." myself.

Mari said...

I read another review on this book that said the same thing. I can see that is was especially interesting for you, having lived there.

katie said...

so, when the blender and patio furniture are unpacked (at the top of my list right under crib and curtains) you and the family will have to come over...topics to discuss...2 months in pakistan??!! how interesting! i cant wait to hear about it. how many more days until you leave the penn?