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Strangers drowning : grappling with impossible idealism, drastic choices, and the overpowering urge to help

text Strangers drowning : grappling with impossible idealism, drastic choices, and the overpowering urge to help

Summary
"What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their comp... Read more
Contents
For do-gooders, it is always wartime -- The bodies of strangers -- The most oppressed of all -- Duty! Thou sublime and mighty name that dost embrace nothing charming or insinuating, but requirest submission -- At once rational and ardent -- An acc... Read more
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320 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher
Penguin Press 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 170 MAC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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