THIS IS A SOUL: THE MISSION OF RICK HODES
Book ID/图书代码： 02740008B24930
English Summary/英文概要： "Whoever Saves a Life, It Is Considered as If He Saved an Entire World"
Dr. Rick Hodes arrived in Africa more than two decades ago to help the victims of a famine, but he never expected to call this extremely poor continent his home. Twenty-eight years later, he is still there.
This Is a Soul tells the remarkable story of Rick Hodes’s journey from suburban America to Mother Teresa’s clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a boy, Rick was devoted to helping those in need, and eventually he determined that becoming a doctor would allow him to do the most good. When he heard about famine in Africa, that’s where he went, and when genocide convulsed Rwanda, he went into the refugee camps to minister to the victims. When he was told that Ethiopia was allowing its Jews to emigrate to Israel, he went to help. While there, he was drawn to Mother Teresa’s mission in Addis Ababa. It was there that Rick found his calling when he began caring for the sickest children in one of the world’s poorest countries. But he did more than that—he began taking them into his home and officially adopted five of them.
This Is a Soul is also a book filled with great joy and triumph. When Rick’s kids return from surgery or life-saving treatments, he is exultant. "Seeing these people after surgery is like going to heaven," he says.
Marilyn Berger went to Africa to write about Dr. Hodes, but while there, she became involved with the story. When she came upon a small, deformed, and malnourished boy begging on the street, she recognized immediately that he had the exact disease Rick could cure. She took him to Rick, who eventually arranged for the boy to have a complicated and risky surgery, which turned out to be incredibly successful. The boy’s story—intertwined with Rick’s, and Marilyn’s as well—is unforgettable in its pathos and subtle humor.
This Is a Soul is not just a story of the savior and the saved, it is a celebration of love and wisdom, and an exploration of how charity and devotion can actually change lives in an overcrowded, unjust, and often harsh world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本書故事將深深觸動讀者的心！
“救人一命，就等同於拯救全人類”
"Whoever Saves a Life, It Is Considered as If He Saved an Entire World"
二十多年前，霍茲醫生踏上非洲土地，從美國老家寧靜城郊來到位於衣索匹亞首都的診所，進行援助當地災民的人道救援工作。
不過，當時的他並未想到，自己會在這片全球最貧瘠的陸地上，待上近三十年。
自幼時起，霍茲醫生便熱心於幫助別人；成年後，更選擇行醫作為畢生志業。當他得知非洲發生饑荒，便義無反顧趕往受災地區；而當盧旺達爆發種族屠殺，霍茲醫生的身影又出現在當地難民營中。
每當有孩童在手術或治療的幫助下得以康復，霍茲醫生總是比任何人都要來的欣慰：「能在術後看到他們，這感覺如同置身天堂。」
作者瑪麗蓮.柏格為撰寫霍茲醫生的故事來到非洲。在街頭她遇到一名營養不良、身患殘疾的男童正在沿街乞討，她很快便聯想到霍茲醫生也許可以幫助他。
於是她將男孩帶到霍茲醫生的診所，最後霍茲醫生爲男孩進行一場複雜且風險極高的手術。手術最後結果極為成功。
本書不只是一段關於拯救與被救的故事，更多的是對於關愛與智慧的讚歌…
讀者從書中將體會到，即便身處一個混亂無序、無比殘酷的逆境中，無私的奉獻與真摯的慈愛仍可能存在，而且為受苦的人帶來生的希望與力量。
亞馬遜：http://www.amazon.com/This-Soul-Mission-Rick-Hodes/dp/0061759546 (AW & KC)
Awards/获奖情况：★ 真實故事、亞馬遜讀者一致給予五顆星最高評價
★ 美國前國務卿季辛吉、印度裔醫生作家《雙生石》作者、演員娜塔莉波曼一致推崇
The project has already sold in Italy.
Critical Praise
“Eminent journalist Marilyn Berger’s chance encounter in Ethiopia with a severely disabled child begging on the streets of Addis Ababa proved life-changing for both. This is a Soul is a fascinating, richly moving and emotionally powerful book.”---Henry A. Kissinger美國前國務卿季辛吉
“There isn’t a living physician whose life and quiet heroism I have admired more than the subject of this extraordinary book. Rick Hodes cares little if the world knows of his work, and yet he has much to teach the world about an empathic civilization, and how boundaries and nationhood are meaningless in the face of suffering. Marilyn Berger has more than done Rick’s story justice, avoiding hagiography, while giving us the Rick I know and love: the astute clinician, the incredible adoptive father of five children and unofficial father to so many more, the teacher, joker, scholar and most of all a man who quietly lives his faith. THIS IS A SOUL is a powerful, important book for our age.”---Abraham Verghese, author Cutting For Stone全國書評獎得主、《雙生石》作者
“Marilyn Berger’s story fulfills our dream that there still is caring in the world. Rick Hodes’ overwhelming devotion to saving children with little or no hope of survival is stirring. And, inspired by Rick, her own decision to save a child has transformed her life. The story she tells might transform yours.” ---Alan Alda亞倫艾達 導演、製片、編劇、演員
“This is a miracle of a story! Marilyn Berger zeroes in on Ethiopia’s terrible poverty and social injustice, felt most acutely by defenseless children, while also revealing a remarkably deep vein of humanity. Dr. Rick’s heroic mission to come from America, not just to cure, but to provide a family for as many orphan children as he possibly can, is inspirational. And in a surprising twist, Berger’s own discovery and developing relationship with one of the little patients is deeply moving. A must read that will melt the heart!”---Christiane Amanpour CNN國際記者艾瑪波爾
“Dr. Rick Hodes’ life story is a reminder that giving is a privilege in which we may take pleasure, not some saintly endeavor. His approach toward medicine should be a model for our current Western system in showing that tending to the soul is at the center of healing. This is a Soul envelops the reader in Dr. Hodes’ indefatigable light and is an inspirational reading experience.”---Natalie Portman 娜塔莉波曼
10-5-13 最新書評
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/nyregion/13bigcity.html
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/soul-mission-rick-hodes-marilyn-berger/story?id=10354565
About the Author/作者介绍： Marilyn Berger長期爲紐約時報撰稿，過去曾是華盛頓郵報《Washington Post》和新聞日報《Newsday》的駐外特派記者，並曾為ABCN新聞駐聯合國記者，與NBC電視台駐白宮記者。
Format:照片
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无