Last one for tonight:
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
Memoir
I've been at this one off and on for a while now. Not that it's boring or otherwise unpleasant, rather it takes some time to digest. Maathai is a remarkable woman and her thoughts and memories kept me thinking long after I finished a chapter. She tells her story like an African story teller. It is not the linear Beginning-Middle-End that is really uncharacteristic of most people's lives. Sometimes it got confusing and difficult to track what was happening when because she refers to the end from the very beginning. The book weaves and spirals through her life, connecting the dots as she feels they connect. It is not "literature" with allusions, archetypes, and what have you (not that I diss literature). It is simply told. What is beautiful about the book is the author.
I would recommend this to anyone interested in the aid of developing nations and would press it on anyone thinking of traveling to a developing area to assist the locals. This is an inside view of the people you wish to help and an understanding is vital to your success in helping.
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