Ok lets try and change this thread ..........
I just finished reading Mountains beyond mountains
My review... It follows A Dr Called Paul Farmer who is American and lived in Haiti, trying to cure TB Dr Farmer, the title is from the Haitian proverb "Beyond mountains there are mountains" The story was highly admirable I appreciated the effort he would go to cure people and address their other medical needs, however, his views of the world and how it changed travelling to a number of countries Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia was what really grabbed my attention it also made me question my beliefs on what is really important to people. healthcare should be available to everyone "Are half of the voodoo ceremonies attempts to drive away illness? "three quarters" "Isn't that amazing that this simple fact has eluded all the many commentaries on voodoo"
Some quotes I loved
“Clean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floors, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights.”
"among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all"
“A doctor who didn’t understand local culture would probably mistake many patients’ complaints for bizarre superstitions.”
“Giving people medicine for TB and not giving them food is like washing your hands and drying them in dirt.”
“Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing but medicine on a large scale.”
“he murmured something about how much could be done in Haiti if only he could get his hands on the money that the first world spent on pet grooming.”
I would put this in my top 5 books easily!
