A PATH APPEARS
Transforming Lives,
Creating Opportunity
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
“Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing – but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.”
-Lu Xun, Chinese essayist, 1921
“Cold facts, flesh and blood stories – the written word is their loud hailer. They write, we read, and our world view is not the same. Nick and Sheryl’s meticulous arguments and free flowing eloquence is what inspires their readers to become activists…myself included.”
—Bono, lead singer of U2 and Co-Founder of ONE and (RED)
In their #1 New York Times best seller Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles faced by women and girls around the globe. A Path Appears is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a sweeping tapestry of people who are using research, evidence-based strategies, and brilliant ideas to make the world a better place.
With scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting, the authors assay the art and science of giving, determine some of today’s most successful local and global initiatives to fight inequality, and evaluate particularly effective forms of help such as early childhood education. Intimately linked to this analysis are the astonishing stories the authors share from the front lines of social progress. We see the compelling, inspiring truth of how real people have changed the world, resoundingly upending the view that one person can’t make a difference.
We meet people like Dr. Gary Slutkin, who developed his landmark Cure Violence program to combat inner-city violence in the United States by applying principles of public health, and Lester Strong, who left a career as a high-powered television anchor to run an organization that engages older Americans as tutors in underprivileged public schools. A Path Appears makes clear how typical citizens can drive the momentum of worthy solutions to our world’s most pressing social problems. It is the roadmap we’ve all been waiting for.
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