My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS

Name: My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS
Rating: 4.388888888888889 (9 reviews)
Author: Abraham Verghese
ISBN: 9781857992229

by Abraham Verghese

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416 pages4 editions1995PhoenixISBN 9781857992229

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About this book

Abraham Verghese, an Indian physician, arrived in America about the same time as the AIDS virus arrived from Africa. A specialist in infectious diseases, he found himself practising in a small rural community in Tennessee. As first one young man, and then others, returned home from the big cities where they had lived for many years, he found himself in the front line as sole provider of HIV care in the community.

Publication Details

Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 1995
Pages: 416
ISBN: 9781857992229
Language: en
Editions: 4

About Abraham Verghese

Abraham Verghese (born 1955) is an American physician, author, Professor for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University Medical School and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. He is also the author of three best-selling books, two memoirs and a novel. In 2011, he was elected to be a member of the Institute of Medicine. He received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2015. He was born in Ethiopia to Christian parents from Kerala, India, who worked as teachers. In 2009, Knopf published his new book and first novel, Cutting for Stone. In 2010, Random House published the paperback version of the book and it rose on the bestseller charts, achieving a rank of #2 on The New York Times trade paperback fiction list on March 13, 2011. It remained on The New York Times list for well over two years. In 2014, Verghese received the 19th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities.