ISBN: 9780141034263
Authors:
Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2008-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.66
(rated by 343734 readers)
Description
HERE WE DRINK THREE CUPS OF TEA TO DO BUSINESS; THE FIRST YOU ARE A STRANGER, THE SECOND YOU BECOME A FRIEND, AND THE THIRD, YOU JOIN OUR FAMILY, AND FOR OUR FAMILY WE ARE PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING - EVEN DIE. HAJI ALI, KORPHE VILLAGE CHIEF, KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS, PAKISTAN IN 1993, AFTER A TERRIFYING AND DISASTROUS ATTEMPT TO CLIMB K2, A MOUNTAINEER CALLED GREG MORTENSON DRIFTED, COLD AND DEHYDRATED, INTO AN IMPOVERISHED PAKISTAN VILLAGE IN THE KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS. 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 REMOTE VILLAGES ACROSS THE FORBIDDING AND BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPE OF PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, JUST AS THE TALIBAN ROSE TO POWER. HIS STORY IS AT ONCE A RIVETING ADVENTURE AND A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF THE HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT.
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