'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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Greg Mortenson is the director of the Central Asia Institute, and he spends several months each year building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He lives in Montana with his wife and two children. David Oliver Relin is a globe-trotting journalist who has won more than forty national awards for his writing and editing. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Nothing short of miraculous,
By Long Ago "Far Away" (in the middle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Three Cups of Tea (Paperback)
While I might agree with some reviewers that this book may be a bit weak in its mechanics and a little over-the-top with some of the metaphors, I'll also say such issues are easily overcome by the sheer greatness of the story of Greg Mortenson.
Mortenson's story is a must-read for anyone who cares about anything that goes on in this world, which I hope is all of us. To call his story simply "inspiring" does not even begin to do it justice. Mortenson and those who assist him deserve all praises, and then some more. He is a hero to the world.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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What one person can accomplish,
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Three Cups reads like a novel, which makes it a page turner and easy read. The book drew me in through the adventure of the climb and then the characters. Once hooked, discover an amazing person, with inner strength and will and purpose.
This book is a must read for understanding the everyday people of rural pakistan and afganistan, the good and evil. What can motivate charitable giving, and what one person can do.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Three Cups of Tea,
By Mountain Lassie "ml" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Three Cups of Tea (Paperback)
The author succinctly decribes Greg Mortenson's true story of adventure and courage. Greg's total focus on the building of schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan could help the U.S. understand how to really help these battered countries in a peaceful and constructive way.
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