by Pope Francis
Author Gianni Garrucciu builds this work around an extended private conversation with Pope Francis about world hunger. The Pope speaks directly about how starvation affects 821 million people today, calling it neither natural nor inevitable but a tool of warfare. Garrucciu uses the latest FAO data to give faces and stories to frightening statistics. He guides readers through the complex issues of malnutrition and food insecurity alongside the Pontiff. The book includes testimony from WFP executive director David Beasley, FAO economists, and WHO medical experts who study hunger annually. Garrucciu brings passion and attention to real data gathered from major institutional witnesses, volunteers, and residents of the world's most vulnerable regions. The hunger question involves not just documenting suffering but also examining the drive for social and economic recovery. The result captures readers through compelling data and storytelling while forcing reflection on our future selves and the world we want to create.
Genres: business, economics, agriculture, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs, africa, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: compelling-data, expert-testimony, real-data
Setting: Africa, World
Period: 21st Century
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