More than any other year of Rochester Reads, this has been the year...more>>
Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson will visit Rochester in February and will speak to school students during the day and to a general audience on Monday, February 11th at 7 PM at the John Marshall High School Auditorium. All are welcome and admission will be free thanks to the generous co-sponsorship of Yaggy Colby Associates.
Greg Mortenson’s lifelong interest in mountaineering culminated in a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, the world’s second highest mountain, which changed his life. Since then, Mortenson has dedicated his life to promoting education, especially for girls, in remote, often volatile regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. By 2007, he had established over 58 schools through his nonprofit organization, Central Asia Institute, which provides education to over 24,000 children (about 14,000 of which are girls), in areas where children previously had few educational opportunities.
Looking for some help getting the discussion rolling for this year's book? Download our TheThree Cups of Tea (or 3CT as the hip insiders call it) discussion guide here*. The 3CT discussion guide includes information about the authors, a summary of the book, and a list of discussion questions.
You can also pick up one of our fabulous "Author Visit" bookmarks (which comes complete with the discussion questions right on it!) at the Fiction, Movies, & Music desk at the Rochester Public Library.
Mayor Ardell Brede announced the Rochester Reads 2008 title at a press conference on November 1, 2007 at 9:30 AM at the City Hall Atrium. Votes had been cast by the community in June 2007 to select one of four titles. Choices were:
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande,
Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories by Will Weaver
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations—One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks.
Three Cups of Tea received the greatest number of about 500 votes cast and it the Main Title for Rochester Reads 2008.
