Little Princes

Conor Grennan begann seine geplante Weltreise mit drei Monaten freiwilliger Arbeit in einem Waisenhaus in Nepal. Die Kinder dort wuchsen ihm ans Herz und er war schockiert, als ihm klar wurde: diese Kinder sind keine Waisen! Sie wurden von ihren Eltern an Menschenhändler verkauft, um dann im Little Princes zu enden. Grennan verschrieb sich der Aufgabe, die zerrissenen Familien wieder zusammenzuführen.

Informationen zum Autor Conor is the son of Irish poet Eamon Grennan! who has won the PEN Award and published frequently in the New Yorker. He grew up in a house often filled with his father's friends - Billy Collins and Seamus Heaney. In the autumn of 2004 he started a travel blog to keep in touch with his friends and soon discovered he had inherited his father's passion for writing. With Next Generation Nepal - the non-profit organisation he set up to rescue trafficked children in Nepal - still going strong! Conor has now moved back to the US! where he lives with his wife Liz and his baby son. Klappentext The riveting story of Conor Grennan's year in Nepal reads like a cross between Into Thin Air and Three Cups of Tea. While volunteering at an orphanage! Conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are trafficked. Despite the danger! Conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children! miraculously reuniting dozens of families. Zusammenfassung The riveting story of Conor Grennan's year in Nepal reads like a cross between Into Thin Air and Three Cups of Tea. While volunteering at an orphanage! Conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are trafficked. Despite the danger! Conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children! miraculously reuniting dozens of families.

Autorentext

Conor is the son of Irish poet Eamon Grennan, who has won the PEN Award and published frequently in the New Yorker. He grew up in a house often filled with his father's friends -- Billy Collins and Seamus Heaney. In the autumn of 2004 he started a travel blog to keep in touch with his friends and soon discovered he had inherited his father's passion for writing. With Next Generation Nepal -- the non-profit organisation he set up to rescue trafficked children in Nepal -- still going strong, Conor has now moved back to the US, where he lives with his wife Liz and his baby son.

Klappentext

The riveting story of Conor Grennan's year in Nepal reads like a cross between Into Thin Air and Three Cups of Tea. While volunteering at an orphanage, Conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are trafficked. Despite the danger, Conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children, miraculously reuniting dozens of families.