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Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder
I thought this was a good book, but was not what I was expecting. I am used to books like Henrietta Laks or The Spirit Catches You which start with an ethical dilemma or a focused human interest story, and expand from there. While this book had some of that, I don't think it reads in a way that one could really take strong positions contrary to thinking that Paul Farmer is a pretty decent human being. Which is fine, and I enjoyed reading about him, his philosophy, and his works. The book got me thinking about ways we can all make micro changes towards good in our own lives, and I learned a lot about medical work and philanthropy in very underserved areas of the world. It just didn't get me as excited as those other books, which I found more thought provoking and which stayed with me long after I read them.