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NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER, this inspiring narrative chronicles the journey of a woman who leaves a successful Madison Avenue career to confront the global maternal health crisis. Prefaced by a powerful foreword from best-selling author Abraham Verghese, this 2025 International Book Award Winner in Autobiography/Memoir highlights the impact of a small group’s faith and actions in addressing urgent issues. The sobering reality that a woman is most at risk of dying or suffering severe injury during childbirth is vividly illustrated when the author visits the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. There, she witnesses young women suffering from obstetric fistula, a condition that leaves them shunned by their communities. Recognizing that surgery is the only solution, she decides to leave her advertising career behind and establish the Fistula Foundation in Silicon Valley, transforming it into a global leader in fistula treatment. Through compelling firsthand accounts from dedicated surgeons in Africa and Asia, the narrative reveals the fight to restore hope to vulnerable women. Supported by a compassionate network of donors from nearly 70 countries, the foundation operates without government funding, showcasing the profound impact of individual action. This personal journey serves as both an inspiring testament and a practical guide for those seeking to make a meaningful difference. All of the author’s net proceeds will sup

La commovente storia di una famiglia di donne forti che custodisce un segreto speciale… Kerala, intorno al 1900: la giovane Mariamma lascia la sua casa per vivere con il nuovo marito a Parambil, immersa nella natura. La nostalgia per la madre la accompagna, e il marito sembra poco interessato a lei. Presto, però, trova un fedele compagno nel suo figliastro di cinque anni, Jojo. Quando lui annega in un incidente, Mariamma scopre un segreto di famiglia: generazioni di membri della famiglia hanno un'inspiegabile paura dell'acqua, molti sono annegati. La causa rimane però oscura. Nel corso dei decenni, la famiglia di Mariamma cresce, e lei diventa una madre, nonna e matriarca felice, "Big Ammacchi". Mentre nel mondo infuriano le guerre e l'India si avvia verso la liberazione, il progresso porta cambiamenti a Parambil: sorgono strade e scuole, viene introdotta l'elettricità e le persone ricevono assistenza medica. Infine, il mistero del "maledizione dell'acqua" viene svelato. L'autore traccia un arco epico attraverso quasi un secolo di storia indiana, affrontando il trionfo della conoscenza e della medicina moderna, la superazione di classi e caste, e i grandi temi dell'amore, della morte, della colpa e della redenzione.

THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.

Marion e Shiva sono gemelli identici, frutto della relazione segreta tra una giovanissima suora indiana e un impenetrabile chirurgo inglese che lavorano insieme in un ospedale missionario di Addis Abeba negli anni Cinquanta. Orfani della madre, che muore durante il parto, e abbandonati dal padre, che scompare senza dare più notizie di sé, i bambini vengono adottati da una coppia di medici indiani di stanza al Missing Hospital e crescono uniti da un'intesa fortissima, quasi paranormale, e dalla medesima passione per la medicina, sullo sfondo dell'Etiopia scossa da fermenti rivoluzionari. A dividerli però non è la politica ma la passione per la stessa donna: sconvolto, Marion lascia l'Africa per gli Stati Uniti, dove si rifugia nel lavoro di medico presso un povero ospedale del Bronx. Quando il passato ritorna - e quasi lo uccide Marion si ritrova ad affidare la propria vita ai due uomini di cui meno si fida al mondo: il padre chirurgo che l'ha abbandonato e il fratello che lo ha tradito. Ed è proprio lui a raccontare in prima persona la storia di tutti.

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong, the dark beast from David’s past emerges once again—and almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control.

By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an urban problem had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency."