Nonfiction Book Club - Rough Sleepers

Join us for a lively discussion of Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People by Tracy Kidder on Tuesday September 24th at 6:00 PM.  The title is available digitally as an ebook and audiobook through Libby or you may place a hold and pick up a print copy at the library. New members are always welcome!

"When he graduated from Harvard Medical School Jim O'Connell was asked by the medical school Dean to spend one year setting up a program to care for the homeless population in Boston. It became Jim O'Connell's life calling to help people known as "rough sleepers." For the past three decades Dr. O'Connell has run the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program which he helped to create. Affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital the program includes clinics and a van on which Dr. O'Connell and his staff ride through the Boston streets at night offering outreach of medical care socks soup and friendship to a marginalized community"-- Provided by publisher.

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