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Half the Sky |  | Authors: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
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Rating:  9 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1844086828
EAN: 9781844086825
Publication Date: August 5, 2010
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Half The Sky September 6, 2010
soulfire
This is a wonderful book, many of the stories are very upsetting to read but,these stories are told alongside tales of inspiration. Women who against all the odds have pulled themselves out of their situation to make massive changes to their own lives and the world around them. I particularly enjoyed the fact that there were numerous practical suggestions on how you and I can make the world a better place. I have started sending this one to friends... it's definately worth a read and then passing it on.
Half the Sky August 23, 2010
Elizabeth Snow (London)
Amazing!!!!! One of the most proactive and empowering books I have read in recent years. It is essential reading for everyone and I will be passing this book to friends and family members in the hope that awareness will promote donations.
Just marvellous August 3, 2010
Mrs. S. I. M. Hodge (Watford, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wonderful book combines so many good qualities: it is immensely readable, enormously informative with detailed footnotes and references, but also extremely moving in its depiction of the terrible things it describes. You will be lost in amazement at the courage of some of these women. And then, at the end, it tells you how you can 'make a difference',giving details of many different charities and groups.
An thrilling, intellectual read...which will have you wanting to make a difference in the world. July 15, 2010
Miss assma youssef
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Half the sky is brilliant. i read it in the space of 4 days because i just couldn't put it down. Nicholas Kristof fills this book with stories aout how trafficking is a major problem around the world. How can female pregnancy deaths are shockingly high? Why is the govt not doing anything about these problems? Can we abolish sex slavery? Can we abolish the high death rates for female pregnancy? What can you do to help? Seeming as there is hope because we managed to abolish black slavery!!!!
All these questions and many more are answered in this book:)
Prescription for moving into action July 8, 2010
Hathor (Eire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not just a read - albeit an essential read as other reviewers have said. This book is a call to action. Forget the Book Club format of just sitting around discussing and socialising, this book requires action. Direct accounts of life experiences, often shocking but always inspiring, means that our lives and the lives of those in this book directly connect and these are presented in such a way that we cannot ignore the connection, nor can we remain passive.
It is a call to action where individuals can respond at the local level or the global - you choose. But for those of us privileged to have choices in our lives - we must choose what from of action to take in response to this inspiring book.
The implications are too great, the potential change too profound.
Indeed, not just an amazing read...
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