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Paul Farmer: Tout Moun Se Moun
May 10, 2006
Tracy Kidder writer, 1982 Pulitzer Prize

In his book Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder chronicles the work of Dr. Paul Farmer, a renowned infectious-disease specialist whose life's calling is to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Guided by the Haitian Creole saying "Tout Moun Se Moun" (we're all human beings), Farmer demonstrated that radical change could be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable. Tracy Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award among other literary prizes. The author of The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among School Children, Old Friends, Home Town, and My Detachment, Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine.

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Image of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
Image of Among Schoolchildren
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Harper Perennial (1990)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
Image of House
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Mariner Books (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
Image of The Soul Of A New Machine
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Back Bay Books (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 320 pages
Image of My Detachment: A Memoir
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
Image of Old Friends
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Mariner Books (1994)
Binding: Paperback, pages
Image of Home Town
Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Washington Square Press (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 464 pages
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