Three Cups of Tea (more or less!)

My book club read Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson just as a controversy erupted over this nonfiction story.  A Sixty Minutes documentary accused the fundraiser author of misrepresenting the facts and financial wrongdoing.  It led to an engaging discussion on the nature of heroism. 

The autobiography tells the story of how nurse/mountain climber Greg got lost climbing down the mountain K2 in Pakistan.  In thanks to the local people that rescued him, he promised to return and build them a school.  His seat of the pants planning and dogged persistence are charming.  The writing, however, is not so skilled, but passable.

Despite the controversy, everyone in the club enjoyed the book except me, who found it a bit too banal and predictable.  Maybe I should rename myself the grumpy librarian!