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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
May 1, 1995
Pages
432
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679752929
ISBN-10
0679752927
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Measure of Our Days | When Breath Becomes Air | Complications | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | The House of God | The Tennis Partner | Cutting for Stone | A Life in Medicine | On Doctoring
The Measure of Our Days | When Breath Becomes Air | Complications | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | The House of God | The Tennis Partner | Cutting for Stone | A Life in Medicine | On Doctoring
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A young doctor in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee describes the town's first introduction to the AIDS virus, which preceded a disturbing epidemic and introduced the doctor to many unique people. Reprint. 40,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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 âurban problemâ had arrived in the town to stay.
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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.
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 âurban problemâ had arrived in the town to stay.
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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.
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Vintage Books (May 1, 1995)
9780679752929 | details & prices | 432 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A young doctor of eastern Tennessee describes the town's first introduction to the AIDS virus, which preceded a disturbing epidemic and introduced the doctor to many unique people
About: A young doctor of eastern Tennessee describes the town's first introduction to the AIDS virus, which preceded a disturbing epidemic and introduced the doctor to many unique people
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