“Our book club read UNBOWED by Wangari Maathia. She was the first "environmentalist" to win the Nobel Peace Prize (and we selected this prior to Al Gore's win). This is her autobiography. I probably should be ashamed to say this, but at times I was bored to tears by this book (where did that phrase come from?). She wrote her incredible story in such a matter-of-fact manner that one has to remember how incredible it is / she is, Ms. Maathia is a Kenyan, educated by Catholic nuns there, then...”

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