Mountains Beyond Mountains
by:
Tracy Kidder (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299102781 (1299102786)
Publish date: January 1st 2003
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Academic,
School,
Book Club,
Science,
Health,
Biography Memoir,
Medicine,
Social Movements,
Social Justice
I finally got around to reading the incredible Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder as recommended by my friend Sarah, and I can’t figure out why it took me so long to get to reading this! I guess sometimes I have to be in the mood for non-fiction but I don’t think I ever could have fully prep...
With a 4 star rating you know that I liked this book very much. In my head however there's a bit of tumult with regard to it.First, the author does an impressive job concentrating years of research into such a cohesive text. Taking such a complex character as Dr. Farmer and managing to neither demon...
No plot. This was a bookclub pick - didn't have high hopes.
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/mountains-beyond-mountains-quest-of-dr.htmlMountains Beyond Mountains - The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Would Cure The World is the inspiring story of Dr. Paul Farmer, an American medical anthropologist and physicia...
I've been saving this until I really needed a book this good. I'm glad I did. Kidder's take on Farmer's work and philosophy is energizing, enraging, and engaging. I wish I could have kept reading it forever.
10 years ago
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