Half the Sky tells a story and has a mission. Its Pulitzer-Prize-winning authors, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, don’t merely report on the neglect, abuse, torture, and enslavement of women across much of the globe; they aim to inspire readers to relieve the misery that millions of women suffer. The authors, veteran journalists and a married couple, describe the tormente (...)
September 24, 2010
Books
Lend a Hand
Half the SkyTurning Oppression into Opportunity for Women WorldwideNicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunnVintage, $15.95, 320 pp.
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