false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172289106m/161121.jpg 161121 3 Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases who became, by necessity, the local AIDS expert. Out of his experience comes a startling, ultimately uplifting portrait of the American heartland. 155505 1994 My Own Country: A Doctor's Story total:429|5:163|4:182|3:75|2:8|1:1| 429 1785 684 79 5 1 false false Fri Jan 09 20:42:21 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 24 11:26:23 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 09 20:42:21 -0800 2009
his book speaks to the complex politics of being an outsider to the patients that he trea...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 10:29:11 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 22:31:34 -0700 2008
Because I'm finding that as I read a book, like this one, I keep asking myself why someone would waste so many words to say, essentially, nothing that sheds light on the story.

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Abraham Verghese is a very intelligent, human, thoughtful, compassionate, ethical, and passionat...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:21:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:38:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 15:06:21 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 12:23:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 14:58:11 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:19:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 11:19:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 13:55:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 17:39:37 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 17:47:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 08:13:54 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 08:13:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Mar 27 06:26:52 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 06:39:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 09:57:09 -0800 2009 Wed May 06 09:48:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 07 15:14:13 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:41:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:41:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:57:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 21 16:45:02 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 17:09:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:45:52 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:48:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 26 02:51:50 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 02:52:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Jul 27 08:38:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:44:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:11:09 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:52:39 -0700 2009
I was moved by Dr. Verghese's compassionate and nonjudgemental treatment of his HIV/AIDS patients and their families. His stories bro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 12:13:30 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 05:58:01 -0700 2009 My Own Country is also the story of a doctor's coming into his own, the story of someone who's moved around so much he doesn't have a place to call home, the story of someone whose skin colo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=161121