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The
Smith College summer reading selection for 2006 is Mountains Beyond
Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World,
by Tracy Kidder. This true story focuses on Dr. Paul Farmer, Harvard professor
and renowned infectious-disease specialist, who was brought up in unusual
and impoverished circumstances, found his life's calling in medical school,
and went on to diagnose and cure infectious diseases in some of the poorest
areas of the world. Tracy Kidder will visit campus to discuss his work
on September 5.
| Reading
and Reflection: Mountains Beyond Mountains |
| Tuesday,
September 5 |
John
M. Greene Hall, 8 pm |
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Copies
of Mountains Beyond Mountains are available in Neilson
Library, Smith College -
R 154 .F36 K53 2004
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inside the book at Amazon.com.
For
more information about the book and author, reviews, excepts,
and interviews with Tracy Kidder, visit the Random
House website, publisher of Mountains Beyond Mountains.
Listen
to Tracy Kidder read an excerpt from Mountains Beyond
Mountains [from All Things Considered on National Public
Radio].
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Partners in Health - Learn more about the organization
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Smith
College Summer Reading Program 2006
Summer reading program for first-year and all entering students.
Summer
Reading 2005
Kettle
Bottom (Diane Gilliam Fisher)
Summer
Reading 2004
The Gangster We Are All Looking For (Lê Thi Diem Thúy)
Summer
Reading 2003
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Summer
Reading 2002
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Summer
Reading 2001
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
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