Greg Mortenson gets lost on his way back from K2. He reaches a tiny little village in Pakistan and meets the most helpful people in the world. He see the conditions they live in and promises to come back and build them a school. He keeps his promise and carries on to build more than 50 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
We discussed this in our international book club in May 2009.
Read my original review here.
I always meant to read this one. (Which seems to be a familiar refrain with me.) ;D
ReplyDeleteLOL, Lark. You are not the only one. ;)
DeleteA wonderful book. We read it in my book club in Brussels many years ago.
ReplyDeleteSo did we, Lisbeth. And we all thought it was fantastic.
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