Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
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4.5 • 356 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
“Funny, touching, tragic….A remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land—and one man’s extraordinary quest to reunite lost Nepalese children with their parents.”
—Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan’s battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, part Into Thin Air, Grennan’s remarkable memoir is at once gripping and inspirational, and it carries us deep into an exotic world that most readers know little about.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Grennan, who once worked at the East West Institute in Prague, embarked on a round-the-world trip in 2006, starting with a stint volunteering for an orphanage six miles south of Kathmandu. The orphanage, called the Little Princes Children's Home, housed 18 children from the remote province of Humla, rescued from a notorious child trafficker who had bought the children from poor villagers terrified of the Maoist insurgents eager for new recruits; the parents hoped to keep their children safe, but the children often ended up as slaves. Grennan was stunned by the trauma endured by these children, who he grew to love over two months, and after completing his world tour, returned to the orphanage and vowed not only to locate seven Humla orphans who had vanished from a foster home, but also to find the parents of the children in the orphanage. This required starting up a nonprofit organization in America, Next Generation Nepal, raising funds, buying a house in Kathmandu for the children's home, and trekking into the mountains of Humla to locate the parents. Grennan's work is by turns self-pokingly humorous, exciting, and inspiring.
Customer Reviews
Little Princes
What a wonderful story, thank you for taking care of these children. The book is a must read. Wish I could now how the children are doing now. I felt like I got to know them and now have lost contact because the book ended. Maybe some of the children could write book about their story.
Excellent Book
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this engaging account!
wonderful book
This is a marvelous story of one man’s unplanned journey in Napal. It is full of humor, sadness and miracles. I highly recommend it. I had a hard time putting it down and in fact read it long into the night until my eyes were too weary to continue.