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The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering: A Story for Anyone Who Thinks She Can't Save the World [Hardcover]

Sharon Mehdi (Author)
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Publication Date: 30 Aug 2007

Sometimes, great change starts with the smallest action ...

One day, two grandmothers meet in the park, with a remarkably ambitious goal in mind. More and more women decide to join them and the impact on their community soon makes international news. Together, these women discover that great things are possible, and that by showing a simple act of solidarity they have the power to transform the world.

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  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph (30 Aug 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0718148738
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718148737
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.4 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,260,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A simple story with a powerful message (Oregonian )

About the Author

Sharon Mehdi is a writer, teacher, mother and grandmother. She has lived and worked in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Guatemala, France and Canada.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great story but very short 12 Sep 2007
By K. Bramhill
Format:Hardcover
This is a lovely story and one I was really looking forward to reading. When the book arrived it seemed to be a short read, I found it was even shoter than first thought as half the book is the story and the other half tells you how the story came about. A good book to have on the shelf to read when you want to save the world in an hour but a bit expensive for a short read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Silence can speak loudly 14 April 2005
By Eileen Rieback - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Two grandmothers are standing silently in the park on a windy day, doing nothing in particular, and the town's residents wonder what they are up to. A young girl says that they are saving the world. Soon they are joined by other women, and then more women, and suddenly this gentle gathering appears to have the ability to transform the world for the better.

In an afterword, author Sharon Mehdi described how she came to write this story. She had been trying to write a serious nonfiction book about buried scrolls that would save the world, but came down with a bad case of writer's block. At that same time, several things influenced her to take a different tack: she became a grandmother, the world was full of bad news about war, violence, and economic woes, and she recalled a Native American elder telling her that "men have taken the world as far as they can. It's up to the women to lead us the rest of the way." At that point she decided to write her granddaughter a children's story for grownups. It began as a booklet, but as it was read to more and more women, its popularity spread until it was time to be published for a wider audience.

This small book carries a message of hope. Laced with warmth and humor, it asserts that silence can speak loudly and that small acts can take on a power of their own. This would make a great gift for Mother's Day, or for any woman who thinks she can't make a difference in the world.

Eileen Rieback
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5.0 out of 5 stars We're saving the world! 22 April 2005
By Marta Gomez - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
It began with two grandmothers standing in the park to save the world as it does in Sharon Mehdi's charming and witty giant of a little story. "A children's book for grown-ups" as it was suggested by a new friend in the town where the author lives. Not only did the grandmothers in the story arouse and excite everyone in their town, the book had a magical and powerful impact on the community of Ashland, Oregon as is told in "The Story of the Story", also included in the hardback edition. After many book readings and radio interviews, word is out about this blessed story that will inspire hope for the future in all who read it. It has for me and the people I have given it to. It has been distributed at UN conferences and will be translated into many languages because it is universally compelling and non-political. Pick up extra copies for gifts, too.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars wow. Just wow. 17 July 2005
By Laura Gail - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I picked this book up today in a bookstore, and before I knew it, I was sitting on the floor completely engrossed in it (this is saying something, as I was wearing a very small mini-skirt, which was not something in which one should sit on bookstore floors!). Despite not having a lot of money right now I had to buy this book. I had to have it to read and re-read.

I will buy a coyy for my mother.

I will buy copies for my friends.

I am thinking of buying copies to give to strangers.

This story moved something deep inside me--it reminded me of my Power, and the Power of one to change the world. And in so doing, has changed the world.

Buy this book.
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