3 Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
Joanne writes: The story of one American's mission to build schools in the remotest corners of Pakistan and Afghanistan (non-fiction)
An astonishing, inspiring adventure. Go to http\\ www.threecupsoftea.com for more info, book reviews, etc. If you purchase books online, go through the website and 7% of your book purchases will go toward a girls' education scholarship fund in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
With her vote Joanne votes also for Mountains Beyond Mountains and says: I offer to lead a 2-for-one night on these books for their fascinating portrayals of two very unusual, fearless men who are accomplishing extraordinary things in international education and health. They are quick reads but I wouldn't expect that everyone would read both.
With her final vote Mary Strohl writes: My final vote is for 2
for one night--Three cups of Tea and Mountains Beyond Mountains.
Reading the inspirational, humanitarian accomplishments of these two
remarkable persons would be a good balance to today's newspapers. I went to the
website Joanne recommended for Three cups of Tea and learned that
Mortensen failed climbing to the top of K2 mountain peak and achieved instead,
against incredible odds, opening a school in this remote mountain village in
Pakistan. I've read about half of Mountains Beyond Mountains and it is a
good, true story also. The two books would make a great discussion. Mary
Strohl