Non-Fiction Reading Book

  
 "Six years after the fact, Dr. Paul Edward Farmer reminded me, "We met because of a beheading, of all things." " (Kidder 13). 


I'm reading the book Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Doctor Paul Farmer, which is a biographical non-fiction by Tracy Kidder.    Paul is a physician and an anthropologist, with a goal to transform health care on a large scale level to help the poor. They were in Haiti during a time of turmoil, and while most of the 'aid' was being misused, Dr. Farmer was determined to help. This quote relates to the fact that although there were many issues going on at the time, Farmer found a way to create a positive impact on the situation.  Even though there are many gruesome, horrible events, it can bring people together to make a change for the better.  A beheading was how these two people met, and they went on make gigantic changes and advancements in health care for people in need.  I was surprised by how interesting the reading actually was, because when I think of non-fiction I think of a boring, dry spewing of facts.