Second Suns
By David Oliver Relin
Read by Rob Shapiro
By David Oliver Relin
Read by Rob Shapiro
Category: Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks
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Jun 18, 2013 | ISBN 9780385359900
921 Minutes
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Praise
“As miracles go, it’s hard to beat making the blind see. Yet that’s exactly what the eye surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Tabin can do. He services poor people in the developing world who have developed cataracts—a clouding of the lens of the eye that is the world’s leading cause of blindness. . . . Second Suns is a hopeful work, a profile of two doctors who have dedicated their lives to bringing light to those in darkness.”—Time
“A compelling and inspiring book . . . Second Suns portrays heroic health care delivered under harrowing conditions: Ruit and his teams carry their equipment on multi-day treks up steep mountain trails, sometimes hiking at night with flashlights or head lamps, to reach settlements where they typically spend several days operating on hundreds of villagers in makeshift surgical theaters.”—The Washington Post
“Second Suns should be required reading for anybody with an interest in humanitarian philanthropy—or, for that matter, a desire to feel a little better about the world.”—Outside
“A detailed, heartfelt account of the work of [two] dedicated pioneers.”—Kirkus Reviews
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