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Author Bartolo, Pietro, 1956- author

Title Tears of salt : a doctor's story / Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta ; with the collaboration of Giacomo Bartolo ; translated from the Italian by Chenxin Jiang

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 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  610.92 .B285t    AVAILABLE  
Edition First American edition
Phys Descr 205 pages : map ; 22 cm
Note Originally published in Italian as Lacrime di sale: la mia storia quotidiana di medico di Lampedusa fra dolore e speranza by Mondadori in 2016
Summary "Situated more than one hundred miles off Italy's southern coast, the rocky island of Lampedusa has hit world headlines in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism and hoping to make a new life in Europe. Dr. Pietro Bartolo, who runs the lone medical clinic on the island, has been caring for many of them--both the living and the dead--for a quarter century. Tears of Salt is Dr. Bartolo's moving account of his life and work set against one of the signal crises of our time. With quiet dignity and an unshakable moral center, he tells unforgettable tales of pain and hope, stories of those who didn't make it and those who did. Tears of Salt is a lasting work of literature and an intimate portrait of a remarkable man whose inspiring message rings clear: 'We can't and we won't be governed by our fears.'" -- Amazon.com
Subject Bartolo, Pietro, 1956-
Bartolo, Pietro, 1956-
Physicians -- Italy -- Lampedusa -- Biography
Immigrants -- Italy -- Lampedusa
Immigrants -- Services for -- Italy -- Lampedusa
Mesh Subject Emigrants and Immigrants
Alt Author Tilotta, Lidia, author
Bartolo, Giacomo, author
Jiang, Chenxin, translator
Alt Title Lacrime di sale. English
OCLC # 988285729
ISBN # 9780393651287
0393651282