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Obras de John Heminway

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Throughout her long life, physician Anne Spoerry was mostly silent about the time she spent at the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. "It was inconsequential. I did not suffer," she claimed in one of the rare moments she was willing to speak about the camp at all (p. 131). But Spoerry harbored a dark secret; as a young concentration camp "doctor" under the spell of a seductive older woman, she allegedly tortured her fellow prisoners and even selected some for death.

Fleeing justice after the war, Spoerry moved to Africa and devoted herself to providing medical service to impoverished native Kenyans. In this role she introduced many public health measures and saved many lives. So respected and well-known was she, she acquired the honorific title of "Mama Daktari"-- "Mother Doctor". But did she perform the good works of her later life in order to atone for the crimes of her past? John Hemingway examines this question in his biography of Spoerry, In Full Flight. I wasn't convinced that Spoerry's dedication to providing medical care to Kenya's most vulnerable was necessarily the result of guilt--it sounded to me like she enjoyed the attention and fame associated with being "Mama Daktari", and took pride in having the most grueling schedule of anyone. Still, this is an interesting biography of a complex woman. Recommended.… (mais)
 
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Obras
7
Membros
132
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#153,555
Avaliação
½ 3.3
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2
ISBNs
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