{"product_id":"rough-sleepers-dr-jim-oconnells-urgent-mission-to-bring-healing-to-homeless-people-paperback","title":"Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Kidder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eThe powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston's homeless community--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMountains Beyond Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I couldn't put \u003ci\u003eRough Sleepers\u003c\/i\u003e down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to do better.\"--Abraham Verghese, author of \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eBookPage, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracy Kidder has been described by \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a master of the nonfiction narrative.\" In \u003ci\u003eRough Sleepers, \u003c\/i\u003eKidder tells the story of Dr. Jim O'Connell, a gifted man who invented a community of care for a city's unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets--the \"rough sleepers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Jim O'Connell graduated from Harvard Medical School and was nearing the end of his residency at Massachusetts General, the hospital's chief of medicine made a proposal: Would he defer a prestigious fellowship and spend a year helping to create an organization to bring health care to homeless citizens? That year turned into O'Connell's life's calling. Tracy Kidder spent five years following Dr. O'Connell and his colleagues as they work with thousands of homeless patients, some of whom we meet in this illuminating book. We travel with O'Connell as he navigates the city streets at night, offering medical care, socks, soup, empathy, humor, and friendship to some of the city's most endangered citizens. He emphasizes a style of medicine in which patients come first, joined with their providers in what he calls \"a system of friends.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch as he did with Paul Farmer in \u003ci\u003eMountains Beyond Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e, Kidder explores how Jim O'Connell and a dedicated group of people have improved countless lives by facing and addressing one of American society's most difficult problems, instead of looking away.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Kidder\u003c\/b\u003e has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Award, among other literary prizes. His books include \u003ci\u003eMountains Beyond Mountains, Strength in What Remains, The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Hometown, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Truck Full of Money\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52466208833843,"sku":"9781984801456","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/XAJ6JV8oWW9781984801456.webp?v=1759312472","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/rough-sleepers-dr-jim-oconnells-urgent-mission-to-bring-healing-to-homeless-people-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}