RaveThe Seattle Times...Half the Sky introduces us to some of the most courageous and inspiring girls and women on the planet ... the journalists deftly weave relevant stats and political context throughout ... Women need protective laws, of course, and the right to hold property and bank accounts, but the authors write, 'Westerners invest too much effort in changing unjust laws and not enough in changing culture, by building schools or assisting grassroots movements' ...book is written mostly in the affable voice of Kristof... Intellectual credentials and a down-to-earth tone let them cross politically incorrect boundaries ... will ignite a grass-roots revolution like the one that eliminated slavery.
