Just discovered I own 2 copies of this book. Time to send this one traveling!

Sending this out into the world via aunt-sophie's CAN/US Women’s Fiction Bookbox Part II. Enjoy!

Taken from aunt-sophie's Women's Fiction Book Box (round 2).

Here are my thoughts and also a resume of the book...


This book is about a mountaineer, Greg Mortenson, when back in 1993 he decided to help a village he visited then to get a new building for their school, in one of the most impoverished regions o Pakistan. We read about his tribulations to get the money and materials to achieve his goal, as well to get to the village. I’ve read a lot of good things about this book and wanted to give it a try. But, as much as it’s an interesting subject, the storytelling is slow – too slow for me – and I simply gave up reading it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine and courageous thing what Greg Mortenson did and still do, and applause his will to achieve it, but it wasn’t meant for me to go through the book. Everytime I picked up the book to continue reading it, it wasn’t too long that I was putting it down, as I couldn’t get into it. Hopefully, some other reader will like this book and if someone is into this kind of non-fiction, then I suggest you give it a try as it might be a good one to read.

Arrived safe and sound today. Thank you!

Sending to the winner of International RABCK Sweepstakes. Congratulations!

Thank you so much; the book has taken some time to arrive... but, after all, we are quite far from each other... :)
Thank you, this seems interesting, and I am willing to give it a go...

Sent today as a surprise RABCK to a BCer who has it in her WishList.
Surprise... and enjoy! :)

Thank you so much for sending this book!

Edit to add: While looking at some books in the book ring/ray forum, I found a blog post about this book, telling that this story might not be totally true: https://fashion-piranha.livejournal.com/139038.html
Unfortunatly, the link to the video wasn't available now, so I can't see it.
I'll give this book a try anyway, and just take it with a grain of salt. It might still be an interesting read. And I won't jump to any conclusion about what's right or wrong based on the little information I've read.

I have to agree with carelaisa, the storytelling was a bit slow. But I still found it interesting enough to read.
Based on the information in the link I mentioned in my previous post, the story might not be 100% accurate. But I assume that Greg Mortenson did at least help building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan and provide education to kids there. Kids that otherwise wouldn't have gotten an education. Credit to him for that!!

Released in the book swap cabinet in Gamleveien 60, Almgrenda.

You've found a free and travelling book. It want to travel around and meet new readers.
This book is registered here at Bookcrossing.com so that its journey can be tracked. If you have found the book, I would appreciate if you could leave a "journal entry", even if you don't read the book. The journay entry can be made anonymously if you want to.

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Du har funnet en gratis og reisende bok. Den ønsker å reise rundt og finne nye lesere.
Denne boka er registrert her på Bookcrossing.com slik at reisen dens kan følges. Hvis du har funnet boka vil jeg sette pris på om du kunne skrive et "journalinnlegg", selv om du ikke leser boka. Journalinnlegget kan skrives anonymt om du ønsker det.