If you're drawn to stories of profound humanitarian impact, "Mountains Beyond Mountains" is a call to your heart. Tracy Kidder's narrative brings you up close with Dr. Paul Farmer’s altruism and indefatigable determination to tackle health crises. It's an inspiring read that will challenge your perspective on global health and the power of an individual’s will to instigate change.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”— USA Today“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [ Mountains Beyond Mountains ] inspires, discomforts, and provokes.”— The New York Times (Best Books of the Year)In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease. Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes people’s minds through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.”WINNER OF THE LETTRE ULYSSES AWARD FOR THE ART OF REPORTAGEThis deluxe paperback edition includes a new Epilogue by the author

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