Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank and the Idea That Is Helping the Poor to Change Their Lives.

New York, NY Simon & Schuster, 1999. Paperback First Edition Thus (1999), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1999), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only a hint of wear to extremities with the faintest crease near the lower front corner; the binding shows very slight lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and a minor cosmetic imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 1 inches). 370 pages. Index. Language: Englsih. Weight: 21.5 ounces. Trade Paperback. More than just a casual pass through Bangladesh to investigate Grameen Bank, the micro-credit phenomenon started a quarter century ago by Muhammad Yunus, The Price of a Dream puts a human face on the poor of this impoverished Asian country, formerly known as East Pakistan, where there are tens of millions of families so impoverished that one cannot begin to understand the depth of their deprivation. Bornstein weaves a mesmerizing pattern of the richness of Bangladeshi life amid trying circumstances. How people cope, how they react to successes and disasters, how they work to pull themselves up economically and socially: every thread is pulled through the loom in due course to render a true and clear representation of lives on the ragged edge. Thanks to loans from Grameen, millions of families have been able to hem that edge, one stitch at a time, to finish off their piece of cloth. Micro-credit empowers the unempowered. No one has described that process better than David Bornstein.