I think many of us dream about doing good in the way that someone like Mother Teresa did--real service, without thought for one's own needs, to those who are desperately in need. Most of us will never do something close to what she did. Many of us will do our best to serve those in our families and communities. This book is about a man who took the opportunity to serve a group of people, far outside his family and community, who desperately need what he offers.
The story of the lost children of Nepal is heartbreaking. Connor Grennan's story is heartwarming. At the beginning of the book Mr. Grennan comes off as shallow and I anticipated his story to continue in the same vein. So it was an unexpected pleasure to follow his journey, as first he fell in love with the children he met in the Little Princes orphanage in Nepal, and then ultimately decided to make it his primary purpose to rescue as many of them as he could. I didn't expect to like this book, but I ended up really loving Conor's children and feeling motivated to be more aware of the needs of others, even if my reach falls far short of somewhere like Nepal. It was a book worth reading.
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