"Little Princess" preview

“Little princess” is a book written by Conor Grennan, who explains to us the meaning of his journey to Nepal and how it changed his life in a drastic unexpected way. After working 8 years for the same company Conor gets bored of it therefore he uses his savings to pay for the expenses for volunteering in one of the poorest country in the world. His first thoughts about the trip was to make himself feel better and impress his family and friends which was something he did not accomplish. He spontaneously makes a decision to take a one-year journey, which includes three months volunteering in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 18 orphans he took care of during the civil war were children from poor families that could not keep their children safe. The downhearted conditions and purity of the children’s feelings toward Conor made him soften his heart with them.  Knowing that the children could not take care of themselves brought sorrow to him plus the way of living life was very undeveloped. From spending time with the orphans side by side, the children became like his own family, which furthermore gave him the strength to want to improve the lives of the orphans.  He made a promise to return to them and he did.

Life and living conditions became more familiar to Conor after a good amount of time had passed by making it easier for him to care for the children and help them better. With this increase of interest Conor became aware of a different orphanage that had children that had encountered similar difficulties living. Conor knew that by helping the kids he was capable of doing anything to make a difference in their lives.

 Conor did a fantastic job at keeping the reader engaged in the reading. The content of the book was explained well, easy to follow and was very interesting since he made it more personal. At the beginning I didn’t think the story was going to follow the path it did but I was intrigued with the events taking place. Conor was very good to the children and it amazing how little things can make big differences and especially for those children that at that point had little hope. 

I would highly recommend this book to everyone because it’s not only interesting but it’s also educational. Personally I did not know much about Nepal so my knowledge grew about this country in a way that I least expected.