Three Cups of Tea

[Nicole M]

(Not that kind of tea.) Has anyone read this? My son loved it, and is interested in reading more about that part of the world. Suggestions?

Here's a link, if you're curious.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Cups-Tea-Mission-Promote/dp/0143038257/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249339631&sr=8-1

[Jean in Wisc]

(Not that kind of tea.) Has anyone read this? My son loved it, and is interested in reading more about that part of the world. Suggestions?

Here's a link, if you're curious.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Cups-Tea-Mission-Promote/dp/0143038257/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249339631&sr=8-1

Fascinating book! I don't have any suggestions off hand...Jean

[Nicole M]

Fascinating book! I don't have any suggestions off hand...Jean

I haven't read it yet. But I feel like I have, since my son kept reading passages to me!

[Brenda in MA]

I read it a few months back and enjoyed it. It did have a few digs at the US Govt that I felt were just put in there to express an opinion and did not really advance the story, but they were not that numerous and didn't take much away from the book (IMHO).

The only other books I'm aware of that take place in that area are The Kite Runner & its sequel, but be aware that both of these have some mature topics. My 11th grader read and enjoyed The Kite Runner.

Brenda

[Nicole M]

I read it a few months back and enjoyed it. It did have a few digs at the US Govt that I felt were just put in there to express an opinion and did not really advance the story, but they were not that numerous and didn't take much away from the book (IMHO).

The only other books I'm aware of that take place in that area are The Kite Runner & its sequel, but be aware that both of these have some mature topics. My 11th grader read and enjoyed The Kite Runner.

Brenda

Thanks. A friend of mine read The Kite Runner and was pretty horrified, though I can't remember why. I guess maybe that's why it hadn't occurred to me as an option. But I'll sure check it out and see. Thanks.

[mcconnellboys]

I'm reading it now and love it! I know of several books about Tibet, but unfortunately not any for that particular area of the world....

[Patricia in WA]

(Not that kind of tea.) Has anyone read this? My son loved it, and is interested in reading more about that part of the world. Suggestions?

Here's a link, if you're curious.

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Cups-Tea-Mission-Promote/dp/0143038257/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249339631&sr=8-1

I read it and enjoyed it also. My daughter is reading it now and I can't wait to pick her brain. As for other books in this part of the country, I WOULD NOT recommend Kite Runner. The book itself is WONDERFUL! I really liked it and love the author's style but the one event that is central to the novel is a horrific one; definitely NOT one I want my teen reading about. His 2nd book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, would be OK but I don't think very interesting for a teen. It is not a sequel to Kite Runner.. The two books are very different although both take place in Afghanistan primarily. Also both are fiction where Three Cups of Tea is a true account of events in one person's life.

Although the subject, a beauty school, may not be interesting to a boy, Kabul Beauty School is a similar such story. A woman....a hairdresser at that....volunteers to go to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban and she finds herself in great demand. Just as inspirational as Three Cups of Tea in my opinion.

A few I have on my reading list are:
The Bookseller of Kabul
To Live or to Perish Forever
The Places In Between

Good Luck and please share if you find others as wonderful.:001_smile:

[SusanAR]

As for other books in this part of the country, I WOULD NOT recommend Kite Runner. The book itself is WONDERFUL! I really liked it and love the author's style but the one event that is central to the novel is a horrific one; definitely NOT one I want my teen reading about. His 2nd book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, would be OK but I don't think very interesting for a teen. It is not a sequel to Kite Runner.. The two books are very different although both take place in Afghanistan primarily.

:001_smile:

:iagree: I enjoyed the Kite Runner,though I think the "event" didn't require all the detail (IMHO). I wouldn't allow my teen to read it. I read A Thousand Splendid Suns also, but didn't care for it as much.
susan

susan

[dirty ethel rackham]

I read it this spring and LOVED it. My son just read it this summer - a great follow up to our study of the 20th century. I didn't realize until after I read this book that my daughter had participated in a fundraiser through church for his organization - Pennies for Peace.

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and found it haunting. I am not sure if it would be that interesting to a boy, though.

Another suggestion - not so much on the politics of the region, but on mountain climbing in the area - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakaur. It does have some f-bombs in there, but, to tell you the truth, I hardly noticed them - even though I knew my son was reading it for book club.

[Nicole M]

Thanks, everyone. I will look into these options. I'm on the fence about Kite Runner. I did let him read Spartacus, the novel by the Scottish author (forget his name). I didn't pre-read, and it turned out it was absolutely brutal. A friend borrowed it and said, "Um, Nicole. This is the most realistic depiction of the brutalities of war I've ever read." And she's read everything. So maybe he could handle it, and I'm the wimp.

I can't wait to start Three Cups.

I'm reading it now and love it! I know of several books about Tibet, but unfortunately not any for that particular area of the world....

Tibet, huh? Close enough! Do tell.

[Laurie]

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Not sure if this would be your ds's cup of tea, though. :)

[Nicole M]

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Not sure if this would be your ds's cup of tea, though. :)

Actually, since he considers himself a liberal and a feminist (shocking, I'm sorry!), I bet it would totally be his cup of tea. I don't know why I didn't think of it.

[jenadina]

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Not sure if this would be your ds's cup of tea, though. :)

I just read this too, after finishing Three Cups of Tea, and for myself, it would have been particularly helpful to have read the books they talk about in RLiT first. Without that background, a lot of the comparisons went straight over my head.