{"id":4141,"date":"2011-02-14T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2011-11-25T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T21:50:15","slug":"meet-the-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2011\/meet-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author: Exclusive Facebook Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you haven’t read Little Princes<\/a> yet, here’s your chance! On February 25th, author Conor Grennan is joining us on Facebook<\/a> for a real-time Q&A. You can ask Conor your questions today, by leaving a comment below, and automatically be entered to win one of five signed hardcover copies of his brand new book.<\/p>\n

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From his book:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> “IT WAS WELL AFTER nightfall when I realized we had gone the wrong way. The village I had been looking for was somewhere up the mountain. In my condition, it would be several hours\u2019 walk up a rocky trail, if we could even find the trail in the pitch-dark. My two porters and I had been walking for thirteen hours straight. Winter at night in the mountains of northwestern Nepal is bitterly cold, and we had no shelter. Two of our three flashlights had burned out. Worse, we were deep in a Maoist rebel stronghold, not far from where a colleague had been kidnapped almost exactly one year before. I would have shared this fact with my porters, but we were unable to com\u00admunicate; I spoke only a few words of the local dialect.” Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Little Princes<\/a> is the true story of Conor Grennan’s journey to Nepal and how he found his life’s focus, helping reunite orphaned children with their families. In the vein of Three Cups of Tea or Mountains Beyond Mountains, it’s one of those feel-good memoirs that reminds us all how much of a difference we can make in the world.<\/p>\n

What I loved so much about Grennan’s story was that he didn’t start out with a save-the-world mission. He was traveling around the globe on his own adventure, and only stopped off to volunteer for a month in Nepal to impress his friends and family. But his transformation was truly inspiring.<\/p>\n

So join us<\/a> on February 25th at 3 pm for a chance to talk to Conor, learn more about his work with our Better to Give partner Next Generation Nepal<\/a>, and win a free signed copy hardcover edition of Little Princes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RSVP today, by leaving a comment or question for Conor below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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