Join us in December and January for our book discussion of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson.
According to the publisher, this is a novel of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia. In 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climber wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself--at last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools.
For online discussion, go to hhplbookdiscussion.blogspot.com.
For in-person discussion, visit the Library on Tuesday, Janaury 25 at noon.
Be looking for even more opportunities to enjoy "Time for Tea" programming in January and February!
