This is an incredibly powerful and moving book. It was really hard to put down. At one point Kristof mentions how people tend to want to donate to one individual rather than supporting large groups and though it is sort of unfortunate statement, it really was the individual stories of these girls...
The second book that I read by Nicholas Kristof this year and it did not disappoint. This time, he wrote about ways to look at social change and volunteerism in a new way. Although, it did not pack the emotional wallop of Half the Sky, I thought many of the ideas and organizations mentioned in th...