maggiekinton 's review for:

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

4.5

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A good reminder for me as I grovel about my nonprofit career and what I’m supposed to do with my anthropology degree. There are things that will set me on fire but it’s not even about me at the end of it, is it? “People from our background — like you, like most PIHers, like me — we’re used to being on a victory team, and actually what we’re trying to do in PIH is make common cause with the losers. . . We want to be in the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs in the losers, no, it’s not worth it. So you fight the long defeat.”