Jayne introduced us to this book after meeting the author at a book fair in Charlottesville last March. (Visit the link for an audio bit from Greg). She had become a groupie at first sight and spoke so warmly of Mortenson that we were compelled to add his book to our reading list. Needless to say, we all fell a little bit in love with Greg after reading his book. His bumbling way of saving the world was endearing and inspiring.
We decided that it's one of the best books we've read so far, which is saying a lot if you look at the list of everything we've read. Mortenson opened a window to another part of the world for us, and in a very readable way. We listen to the news more carefully now, and we understand the region and its people far better than we did before. Amanda even xeroxed the map out of the book to use as a reference. And, most of us were inspired to go on and read more about Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Frances followed up by reading Lone Survivor, a book she says she couldn't put down. Reid is in the process of reading Ghost Wars, which won the Pulitzer Prize and tells the history of the region from the Soviet Invasion up through 9/11. Amanda started reading Benazir Bhutto's autobiography, which the author finished in the months before she was assassinated. Our August book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, will carry on the theme. The meeting is at Reid's house August 4.
