My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story

By the top of the line creator of Cutting for Stone, an account of prescription in the American heartland, and facing one’s most profound partialities and fears.

Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had dependably appeared to be excluded from the nerves of current American life. In any case, when the nearby clinic treated its first AIDS tolerant, an emergency that had once appeared a “urban problem” had touched base in the town to remain.

Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a youthful Indian specialist represent considerable authority in irresistible infections. Dr. Verghese moved toward becoming by need the nearby AIDS master, soon assaulted by a stunning number of male and female patients whose stories rung a bell, and even assume control over his life. Verghese conveyed a solitary viewpoint to Johnson City: as a specialist extraordinary in his capacities; as an outcast who could converse with individuals suspicious of nearby experts; most importantly, as an essayist of beauty and empathy who saw that what was going on in this preservationist network was both a medicinal and a profound emergency.