- Author: Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
- 349 pages
- Discussion questions from Penguin Reading Guides
Description
Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), 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 a mountaineer named Greg Mortenson drifted into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram mountains after a failed attempt to climb K2. 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 the forbidding terrain that gave birth to the Taliban. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit. Published in 2006, 349 pages.
Description from book jacket
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Additional information
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Three Cups of Tea website
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