the power of half

The summary of this book made me want to read it, but it ended up being a disappointment.  The writing was not engaging and I was quite annoyed with this family.  Basically, the Salwen family decides to sell their house and donate half of the profit to the Hunger Project.  They visit Ghana to see where their money will go and become a closer family in the process. 

Here are my problems with this book: 1) The family sells their 2 million dollar, 6500 square foot house to move to one half the size.  Is this really a sacrifice?  I do admire the thought behind their "project" but had a hard time reading about what a life-changing downgrade their new house was (Dan and I live in a 1150 square foot home!)  2) The family came off as holier than thou the entire book...very annoying.  The daughter was described as the perfect, do-good child.  3)  The writing was so basic to the point of boring.  Only a short section even discussed their trip to Ghana and we never ever hear about their actual project.  The entire book was about the process of trying to sell the house and deciding to which project they will donate the money.

Overall, not my favorite book...far from it!