This is a Soul

This is a Soul

The Mission of Rick Hodes

Marilyn Berger

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“A powerful, important book for our age.”
—Abraham Verghese, author Cutting For Stone

Passionately written by journalist Marilyn Berger, This is a Soul is the moving and inspiring story of Dr. Rick Hodes, an American doctor living in Ethiopia, who has devoted his life to caring for the sickest of the sick and the poorest of the poor. Dr. Hodes’s life and work makes for fascinating reading, especially for those who have been profoundly touched by Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains.

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MedicalBiography & AutobiographyPhilanthropy & CharitySocial SciencePersonal MemoirsCalling & VocationChristian LivingReligionPublic HealthMedical

Pages288

Released2010

LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN9780061991479

SellerHarperCollins

About the author(s)

Marilyn Berger is a contributing writer to the New York Times. She was previously a diplomatic correspondent for Newsday and the Washington Post, and was the United Nations correspondent for ABC News and the White House correspondent for NBC News. She was the moderator on the public affairs program The Advocates and anchored WNET's City Edition. She was the director of programs and public affairs for the Council on Foreign Relations. Her articles have been published in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and New York magazine.