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    Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story
    Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story
    Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story
    Audiobook3 hours

    Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story

    Written by Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta

    Narrated by David de Vries

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    About this audiobook

    For twenty-five years, Dr. Pietro Bartolo has run the lone medical clinic on the Italian island of Lampedusa. In that time he has rescued, welcomed, and cared for many of the hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants from the Middle East and Africa who have washed up on the island's shores. In this inspiring account of his life and work, Bartolo shares his quiet dignity, unshakable moral center, and inspirational message-"We can't and we won't be governed by our fears."

    The book is filled with Bartolo's unforgettable tales of pain and hope, moving stories of those who didn't make it and those who did.

    Tears of Salt is both a lasting work of literature and an intimate portrait and fresh perspective on a signal crisis of our time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateJan 9, 2018
    ISBN9781684410255
    Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story

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    • 4/5
      Reading about Dr. Bartolo, I think that humans have a bell-shaped distribution of behavior, from evil to excessively caring. Dr. Bartolo is the most generous of humans, providing care and comfort to refugees that have enormous needs at the point he meets them on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. May the reading of this book encourage us to be more generous, kind, and risky in order to shift our lives away from evil.
    • 4/5
      Reading about Dr. Bartolo, I think that humans have a bell-shaped distribution of behavior, from evil to excessively caring. Dr. Bartolo is the most generous of humans, providing care and comfort to refugees that have enormous needs at the point he meets them on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. May the reading of this book encourage us to be more generous, kind, and risky in order to shift our lives away from evil.
    • 5/5
      What an amazing share! This is a must read for everyone who works in immigrant and refugee health.
    • 4/5
      "This book is an eyewitness account, put down on paper just as it s, black and white, Without filters or embellishment. It has not been easy."I have never written a review before that I started with a quote, but this is so fitting. This book was not easy to read, it quite emotionally shredded my heart. Another strange twist of fate, I found myself reading two books about the Syrian refugee crisis. One fiction, part of a series I like very much and this one, which is nonfiction. Lapadusa is an island between Africa and Italy, and it is where Bartolo, this amazing man and physician works. He is aided by many other compassionate people who rescue those on boats, or raft, sometimes barges, sometimes from the sea itself. These Islanders do everything possible to welcome these war torn, often brutalized, or sick from the journey, sometimes raped, or burned, people fleeing from a certain death. Willing to risk all, staggering numbers, at the mercy of traffickers who often use and abuse them, so many dead. In one year over 7000 children and teenagers alone arrive, having lost their family on the way or traveling alone because of money. Some sell kidneys, to her the money for the journey, desperate people, cruel times. Palermo, Italy who take those who need more extensive medical help, people helping in whatever way they could. The toll taken on them emotionally, pleading with the rest of the world to show some compassion, aid in whatever way possible instead of closed borders. Like I said a hard boom to read, but alternating chapters do go into Bartolos background, a slight break from the horror. There are times of success, and times of failure. Personal crisis's, and team work that is awesome inspiring. A documentary was made from his work called Fire at Sea, that is available on UTube for a small price. I do intend to watch it. People and places like this give me hope for our world, that all are not close minded, selfish, and without compassion. This is a book I feel everyone should read, but those who need to read it the most will not. ARC from Edelweiss