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Hooked_on_books
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I previously read a fascinating book about the 2014 Ebola outbreak from a physician, but this one goes deeper. Farmer starts with that event then goes deeper into the past to show how Sierra Leone and Liberia came to be health care deserts via colonialism. You then comes forward again to show how radically different things could be with just basic supportive care. Terrific and sobering.

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Megabooks
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Listening to this 22 hr audiobook is an investment but one that pays dividends. Farmer, a doctor on the frontlines of the 2014 Ebola crisis, writes about the history of Sierra Leone and Liberia from the slave trade and founding of these countries to the current politics and extractive trading. He explains why these countries are healthcare deserts from a historical perspective and gives ideas how we can better prepare for the next health crisis.

BarbaraBB You‘re my hero! 22 hours!! Did you recapture your love for audio? 5mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB mostly yes! Although I have to be a lot more invested to finish a book now. 5mo
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So you may have noticed I haven‘t written an audiobook review in awhile. I‘m still listening to them, but I‘m not enjoying it as much. With all the aides coming and going, I rarely get uninterrupted listening time anymore. However, I decided to leap into a super-long (22 hour) one about the 2013-15 Ebola outbreak and an sociological history of those countries, and I‘m really enjoying it! It‘s a bit slow going, but maybe I‘ll love audio again!

Bookwormjillk Glad you got some audiobook time in. So hard with constant interruptions. I have this one in my TBR so will be looking for your review. 5mo
Lizpixie I‘d love to read this but am struggling to find the audiobook. Where did you get it from if I may ask? 5mo
squirrelbrain I hope it gets you back into audiobooking 🤞😘 5mo
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ImperfectCJ @Lizpixie I don't know where @Megabooks got it, but I'm seeing it on Libby (through Los Angeles Public Library but not through my smaller libraries), on Cloud Library through San Diego Public Library, and on libro.fm 5mo
ImperfectCJ @Lizpixie I don't know about availability outside the US, but the audiobook is published by Dreamscape Media: https://www.dreamscapepublishing.com/single-audiobook/?titleid=1772 5mo
Megabooks @Lizpixie hi! Sorry I went shopping all morning. I picked this up on Libro.fm. I think @squirrelbrain has used their website/audiobooks outside the US. They are DRM free. @ImperfectCJ 5mo
Megabooks @Bookwormjillk so far it‘s very worth the time investment! 5mo
squirrelbrain @Lizpixie - yes, I‘ve used Libro.fm here in the UK. I‘ve been gifted audiobooks through the site from Littens in the US, and have also been able to reciprocate with gifts back again. 5mo
BarbaraBB It sounds like your kind of book. I hope it will reconnect you with audio! 5mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB it is my kind of book, and I‘m really enjoying it! 5mo
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Cintia J
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Jari-chan
Happiness | Aminatta Forna
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I am more now.

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Jari-chan
Happiness | Aminatta Forna
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This book has been on my wishlist for so long! And thanks to #roll100 I finally got to read it ❤️

This is such a beautiful and touching story. It's about humanity, nature, life, connection and the love that is all around us. There were some hard to read scenes, but sadly that's how humans treat each other. How we treat nature, animals and the planet we live on...

But still, as long as there's love, there's also hope ❤️

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PuddleJumper Excellent! 1y
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Itchyfeetreader
The Memory of Love | Aminatta Forna
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#22onthetbr #montage - which Tbr?! The tagged is the 22nd book not read on my kindle, the Groff is the 22nd I have stacked here and the trolley is the consequences of buying books when stressed - who knows how to work out the 22nd there!

Eggs Perfect 🤗 👍🏼 😄 2y
dabbe Which TBR? 🤣🤣🤣 2y
Itchyfeetreader @dabbe doesn‘t everyone have more than one 2y
dabbe @Itchyfeetreader Yes! So many I don't even know where they all are anymore! 🤣 2y
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Jari-chan
Happiness | Aminatta Forna
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Another lucky roll with #roll100 because this book has been on my TBR list for the longest 😁 I've once started listening to the audio book, but it was so badly read, that I ditched it after a couple of minutes...

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PuddleJumper 👍👍 2y
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MallenNC
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I read this pick from my #AuldLangSpines list from @Cinfhen and it was so good. It was well written and helped me learn about the healthcare workers who fought the virus so hard. The last chapter of this book, written before COVID-19, was pretty prescient about the pandemic to come. I‘m not sure if this Ebola outbreak was technically a pandemic or an epidemic but I‘m counting it for #Booked about a pandemic

Cinfhen Definitely counts as a pandemic 😷 I thought this was a terrific first hand account - some parts made me SO ANGRY 😡 2y
MallenNC @Cinfhen Yes! Especially the part where the Doctors Without Borders people were debating whether or not to use the drug on the doctor and they didn‘t. And I was sad for all the nurses. 2y
Cinfhen OMG! I was SO FURIOUS over that too!!! I didn‘t feel their rationale made any sense. It was so heartless 2y
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MallenNC @Cinfhen I didn‘t understand it either. They seemed to weigh the pros and cons but then they just never decided and didn‘t even tell him to give him a chance to have an opinion. Awful. 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen @MallenNC yes, I felt the ethics of DWB was quite questionable in that instance! 2y
MallenNC @Megabooks Definitely questionable. It made the organization seem more focused on their reputation than medical care. 2y
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