The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS by Elizabeth Pisani

The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS

Elizabeth Pisani

400 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction health politics science challenging informative slow-paced
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When people ask Elizabeth Pisani what she does for a living, she says, "sex and drugs." As an epidemiologist researching AIDS, she's been involved with international efforts to halt the disease for fourteen years. With swashbuckling wit and fierce...

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informative 100%
challenging 57%
reflective 42%
dark 28%
emotional 28%
sad 28%
funny 14%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 14%

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slow 14%

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