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One Library, One Book
The Park Forest Library’s new selection is Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Relin. The pair recounts the unlikely journey that led Mortenson from a failed attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully building schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Moved by the people’s kindness, Mortenson promised to return and build a school. By replacing guns with pencils and rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combined his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third world to fight terrorism. Beginning with the village of Korphe in rural northern Pakistan, Mortenson makes it his life’s work to promote peace by building schools and educating—primarily women—in an impoverished and politically unstable country.
We hope that many people throughout our communities will be reading and talking about Three Cups of Tea on their front porches and across neighborhoods. We encourage you to come to the library, ask questions, seek to understand, drink tea, and join the conversation. Join us throughout the Fall for more book discussions.
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