Dec 22 2009
Decade’s Most Important Book
A writer at the Huffington Post has suggested that Nicolas Kristof’s book Half the Sky should be considered the most important book of the decade. Steve Leveen writes:
But what if we could have known in 1962, the year of its publication, that Silent Spring would contain a message of change necessary to save our very world? My guess is that we would have acted faster to head off what we’re desperately trying to fix today.
So it’s important to try to fathom which books will become the most influential books of our time, in order to add force to their nascent power. In this hazardous task, I hazard a prediction: the most influential book of the decade will be Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
…The oppression of women is breathtakingly evil, it’s frighteningly pervasive in the developing world, and it is alarmingly consequential in its damage–those messages come across vividly in the able hands of authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
The Edna Adan Hospital has its own chapter in this book. Highly recommended reading!
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