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Book Jacket HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

PAUL FARMER
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The acclaimed New York Times and IndieBound bestseller: "Farmer's passionate book bring(s) Haiti's appalling tragedy back to the world's attention" —Foreign Affairs

On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Within three days, Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in the Haitian capital, along with a team of volunteers, to lend his services to the injured.

In this vivid narrative, Farmer describes the incredible suffering—and resilience—that he encountered in Haiti. Having worked in the country for nearly thirty years, he skillfully explores the social issues that made Haiti so vulnerable to the earthquake—the very issues that make it an "unnatural disaster." Complementing his account are stories from other doctors, volunteers, and earthquake survivors.

Haiti After the Earthquake will both inform and inspire readers to stand with the Haitian people against the profound economic and social injustices that formed the fault line for this disaster.

Paul Farmer is the UN Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, and co-founder of Partners In Health. Among his numerous awards and honors is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's "genius award."

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HARDCOVER
ISBN 978-1586489731
Pub date: 07/12/11
Price: $27.99/30.00 Canada
6 1/8 x 9 1/4
456 pages
Carton Quantity: 44
Current Events, Medicine
Selling Territory: W
Rights: First serial, audio, electronic, British Commonwealth: PublicAffairs

PAPERBACK
ISBN 978-1610390989
Pub date: 07/10/12
Price: $15.99/18.50 Canada
5 1/2 x 8 1/4
480 pages
8 pp. b/w photos
Medicine, Politics
Selling Territory: W
Pub history: 978-1-58648-973-1

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