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Author:

Salwen, Kevin.

Title:

The power of half : one family's decision to stop taking and start giving back / Kevin Salwen & Hannah Salwen.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 242 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Consumer behavior--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Salwen, Hannah.

Contents:

The treadmill -- You don't know till you listen -- Deal or no deal -- The power of half -- If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there -- Outside the comfort zone -- What do we do? -- In the villages -- Transformation observed.

Summary:

It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice, had a eureka moment when she saw a homeless man juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. "You know, Dad," she said, "If that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal." This glaring led the Salwen family of four, caught up like so many other Americans in this age of consumption and waste, to follow Hannah's urge to do something--so they embarked on an incredible journey together. They decided to sell their Atlanta mansion, buy a house half its size, and give half their profits to charity. At first it was an outlandish scheme, then it became a challenge: "We are TOTALLY doing this." Each week they met over dinner to discuss their plan--which would transport them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone, and bring them closer as a family.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0547248067
9780547248066

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317917971

LCCN:

2009029971

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