Summary Of Mountains Beyond Mountains By Terry Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains is a book written by Terry Kidder, and is about Paul Farmer. The book starts with Kidder, a news reporter who is staying with ten army men in Haiti, who are given the task of reinstating elected officials in the Haitian government. Kidder, even though he is the author of the book, is also one of its main characters. While Kidder is with the army men, Paul Farmer approached them to convince the army men to release someone who has done horrible things in the past. Kidder is fascinated by Farmer, as Kidder is a realist, and a pessimist, and wonders why Farmer fights for others, even in certain defeat.
Later on, Kidder follows Farmer around in a Boston hospital as Farmer treats infectious diseases. Kidder focuses on Farmer’s treatment of Joe, who was a drug using
Farmer finds a new place for Joe to stay after he is released at Paul’s request and afterwards Joe calls Farmer a saint which he immediately rejects. Impressed with Farmer, Kidder flies back to Haiti in 2000 to observe Farmer’s work in the country. Using the nonprofit he founded, Partners in Health, Farmer established a medical facility called Zanmi Lasante, which treats hundreds of thousands of patients every year, almost free of charge. Farmer is a gifted doctor, who helped change the American thinking about Voodoo practices. Before Farmer, it was believed that the Haitian belief in Voodoo overtook Haitians’ acceptance of antibiotics and vaccines.However, Farmer showed that many Haitians believe in both Voodoo and the efficacy of Western medicine. Farmer also h claims that America has sponsored military dictatorships in Haiti for hundreds of years, ensuring that the country continually remains impoverished.Later on, since he was an American and