| #100096 in Books | Macfarquhar Larissa | 2016-09-27 | 2016-09-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.40 x.90 x5.50l,.81 | File type: PDF | 336 pages | Strangers Drowning Impossible Idealism Drastic Choices and the Urge to Help||36 of 37 people found the following review helpful.| Extraordinary study of the motives and lives of "do-gooders"|By Marjorie Cunningham|This non-fiction book takes an in-depth look at what motivates “do-gooders”, those who are extremely committed to helping others, often at the expense of their own loved ones. It’s an ambitious work and is broken down into chapters telling true stories of do-gooders, like th
What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their joys and defeats and wrenching dilemmas.
A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they think: If they can change two lives, why not four? Or ten? Th...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help | Larissa MacFarquhar. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
