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Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story
Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story | Pietro Bartolo, Lidia Tilotta
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Situated more than one hundred miles off Italy's southern coast, the rocky island of Lampedusa has hit world headlines in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism and hoping to make a new life in Europe. Dr. Pietro Bartolo, who runs the lone medical clinic on the island, has been caring for many of them--both the living and the dead--for a quarter century.Tears of Salt is Dr. Bartolo's moving account of his life and work set against one of the signal crises of our time. With quiet dignity and an unshakable moral center, he tells unforgettable tales of pain and hope, stories of those who didn't make it and those who did. Tears of Salt is a lasting work of literature and an intimate portrait of a remarkable man whose inspiring message rings clear: "We can't and we won't be governed by our fears."
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Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story | Pietro Bartolo, Lidia Tilotta
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Admitting defeat on #BeginsWith #Salt
I've got nothing.
But when scrolling through Goodreads I did find this, which looks good but also horrific.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I don‘t have anything either 🤷‍♀️ 2y
Eggs Sounds like an important book👍🏼 2y
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Smrloomis
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This was a fast and tough read at the same time.

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Suet624
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I‘ve tried to review this book for days. There are no words to adequately describe the impact it has had on me. A small island off the coast of Italy having to cope with thousands of traumatized, near dead or dying refugees, many of them women and children, struggling to escape from the horrors of their home. The doctor who saves as many as he can. I am so darn fortunate and will never complain again. 😳 This is a small but mighty book.

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LibrarianRyan
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Last of the #bookmail.