Threes Cups of Tea

More than the book itself, I love what this book is looking to achieve. One man's obsession for children in a country half a world away, is humbling and inspiring.

The structure of the book was more disjointed than I expected it to be and it was sometimes hard to follow the sequence of events and places. But perhaps that is reflective of the character of our hero, who seems never to be able to stay in one place for more than a few weeks at a time.

I have to say that one of the relatively unsung heroes of the book is Greg Mortenson's wife. She must be a woman of vast patience and understanding, to see her husband disappear so regularly and for such lengths of time, and to be left with the responsibility of parenting their children whilst he is occupied with the care of thousands of other children.

He says that instead of fighting with wars that do nothing but destroy and set back education of other countries people, that we should be empowering them with education...especially the women. A man will go to school and learn, and then go off in the world and never teach, but a woman will learn and then teach it to her daughters and friends and tribe, continuing the education for generations to come. This is why it is so important to build school for poor, suffering country.

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