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"It's brilliant, start to finish. The voice is an achievement, and the world of emotion he delivers. It's solid-so solid it reminds me of a mature Hemingway. . . . It's clear and deep and wise." - Stewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing, on RIGHT OF THIRST
"One of the finest novels I've read in years. . . . Ultimately, this book is a timely, powerful exploration into the uses and limits of benevolence . . . an exploration into the limits of...
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The iconic relief organization's activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: "Well-researched . . . fascinating." -Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of Medicine
In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva...
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