Monday, August 27, 2007
book report: Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder
This book was so inspirational. Dr. Paul Farmer is a physician and activist who has devoted his life to improving care for some of the world's poorest people. The main problem he tackles during the course of this portrait is multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis among the poor in Haiti, but other diseases and other nations catch his attention as well. I was astonished by the descriptions of how hard Dr. Farmer has been working for so many years, and was gratified to hear that his organization received a big grant from the Gates Foundation. I know this sounds like a really dry, sad subject to read about, but it's actually kind of uplifting. Kidder has a droll way of writing and really brings Dr. Farmer off the page - I feel like I would recognize him in an airport. Highly recommended.
by Tracy Kidder
This book was so inspirational. Dr. Paul Farmer is a physician and activist who has devoted his life to improving care for some of the world's poorest people. The main problem he tackles during the course of this portrait is multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis among the poor in Haiti, but other diseases and other nations catch his attention as well. I was astonished by the descriptions of how hard Dr. Farmer has been working for so many years, and was gratified to hear that his organization received a big grant from the Gates Foundation. I know this sounds like a really dry, sad subject to read about, but it's actually kind of uplifting. Kidder has a droll way of writing and really brings Dr. Farmer off the page - I feel like I would recognize him in an airport. Highly recommended.
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