The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston's homeless community-by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains
"I couldn't put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to do better."-Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
Tracy Kidder has been described by The Baltimore Sun as a "master of the nonfiction narrative." In Rough Sleepers, Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story of Dr. Jim O'Connell, a gifted man who invented ways to create a community of care for a city's unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets-the "rough sleepers."
When Jim O'Connell graduated from Harvard Medical School and was nearing the end...
