Memoirs
‘Three Cups of Tea’ Author Under Fire
Following a CBS “60 Minutes” report that found factual errors in the best-selling book, “Three Cups of Tea,” author Greg Mortenson and his charitable work in Afghanistan and Pakistan have come under fire. In the book, Mortenson writes about stumbling into a tiny village in northeastern Pakistan and coming across a group of schoolchildren doing […]
Afghanistan Reacts to ‘Three Cups’ Author’s Accounts of School Building
CBS “60 Minutes” is not widely broadcast inside Afghanistan or Pakistan, but you wouldn’t know it from the reactions from a story over the weekend. In a take down of the famous book, “Three Cups of Tea,” CBS disputed the veracity of Greg Mortenson’s his charity work. CBS also took issue with the finances of […]
What is a Chinese mother?
Author, mother, and law professor Amy Chua is creating a firestorm with an essay published in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal titled, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior.? The essay, which was given its title by the Journal, included excerpts from her new book ?Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.? Both showcases Chua’s strict parenting […]