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Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people by Tracy Kidder

14 reviews

tiffbish's review

informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, and Drug abuse

pbruce593's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, and Violence

megansoetaert's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Tracy Kidder does such a great job at making the factual and informative personal. The care he takes with his subjects is so clear and makes his books very impactful.

Rough Sleepers tells the story of Dr. Jim O’Connell’s professional career with the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program. Dr. Jim and the healthcare workers in the program have dedicated decades to ensuring everyone in Boston has access to healthcare, even when no other parties in the city, state, or country were trying to make the situation for unhoused people better. The stories in this book humanize homelessness and (hopefully) inspire critical thinking and compassion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

meaglovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Alcoholism, and Drug use

michimiya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Another great read by Tracy Kidder himself! This nonfiction narrative talks about Dr. Jim O'Connell and his medical journey as a doctor and caretaker who creates a program and community of (medical) care, specializing in treating and looking after the homeless population in Boston and includes stories and anecdotes from some of the patients he saw and cared for. I liked how this novel was told from Kidder's perspective as he followed/shadowed Dr. O'Connell over the span of a few years, although at some points it got a bit confusing on if it was either Dr. O'Connell or Kidder himself that was speaking. I felt that this was an eye opening read about not only the prevalence of homelessness in america, but also the implicit biases and injustices that those who are considered "homeless" face in healthcare as well as within society due to its systematic structure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia

chloesnotscared's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Classism

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug use

Minor: Rape, Grief, and Pedophilia

baghaii's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

laurasullivan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Blood, Death, and Confinement

amanda884's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Animal death, Gun violence, and Murder

nycsquirrel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Much like Mountains Beyond Mountains followed Dr. Paul Farmer's work (co-founder of Partners in Health), Kidder follows Dr. Jim O'Connell and his Street Team crew who attempt to provide medical support and the occasional safe haven to the unhoused population of Boston. There isn't a clear structure to the book, and spoiler, no grand solution to homelessness. However, it is an eye opening look at this community and the challenges they face, and a demonstration by Dr. O'Connell for how to work with people respectfully.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Child abuse