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Chargement... Through These Veinspar Anne Marie Ruff
Books Read in 2012 (703) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  sraelling | Dec 14, 2017 |   Through These Veins sounded like an intriguing book as I wondered what could connect a medicine man's daughter and an Italian research scientist beyond his time in her area of Ethiopia. While there was a connection when they met and then again later on in the book when their lives connect again, I think I was expecting more during the middle section of the book based on the description. Overall I enjoyed the book even through there were sections I struggled to get through. For my complete review please visit: http://librarygirlreads.blogspot.com/2013/04/through-these-veins-by-anne-marie-r... (  ) DonnerLibrary | Apr 23, 2013 | ) krazy4katz | Jun 29, 2012 | Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. Interesting book. Diverse characters bring richness to the story. The author brings her experience with AIDS research and drug development in East Africa into her fictional account of what happens when an Ethiopian medicine man discovers a cure for AIDS using local plants.The book is told through the perspectives of Zahara, the Ethiopian daughter of a murdered medicine man, and a US AIDS field researcher and scientist. It explores themes of friendship, love, disease, corporate greed, scientific ethics and trust. My only complaint is the ending was too abrupt and tragic. (  ) jlundgren2011 | Jun 14, 2012 | Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. This story takes place in a poor jungle area of Ethiopia where coffee is the main thing grown and exported. An inhabitant of the village who was a university graduate elected to return to live where he had been raised. While living in the village he raised his teenaged daughter Zahara, who happily helped him with all he did. He became the village healer. As such, he worked with the zeal of a biologist, experimenting with various plants, leaves, stems, bark, etc. He ultimately finds a cure for a disease many people in the village suffer and die from and people from all over begin to come to the village for help. Word gets out. Ultimately, the disease he seems to have found a cure for is AIDS. A pharmaceutical company in the United States becomes involved in his discoveries. The characters are very believeable, sympathetic and interesting. Ms. Ruff is actually a reporter on AIDS research and her writing shows it. She has much talent as a writer and I truly enjoyed her book. There was no part of the book where I felt the writing had slowed down or had gotten less interesting. It was a pleasure to read and I do hope to read other books by Anne Marie Ruff in the future. Barbara Gregory-Pearlman (  ) gotchagal | May 24, 2012 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Praise for Through These Veins With a cinematic sweep, "Through These Veins" has a colorful, broad, beautiful feel to it with characters that come so alive I can see them. - Lisa Napoli, author of "Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth" Enthralling. "Through These Veins" doesn't just call plants by their names; it sings their praises. There is no better case for conservation than this vivid account of how our wellbeing is so intertwined with the secret lives of plants. - Calestous Juma, Director, of Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity A real pleasure. Very dramatic with a wide range of vivid descriptions and an important reminder of the relationship between science and nature. - Warren Olney, Host of Public Radio International's To The Point Summary In the coffee-growing highlands of Ethiopia, an Italian scientist on a plant collecting expedition discovers a local medicine man dispensing an apparent cure for AIDS. As the medicine man's teenage daughter reveals the plants behind the cure, their lives become irrevocably intertwined. Through These Veins weaves together the dramatically different worlds of traditional healing, U.S. government funded AIDS research, and the pharmaceutical industry in an intensely personal, fast-paced tale of scientific intrigue and love, with both devastating and hopeful effect. All profits from the sale of this book will be distributed to the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines of M decins Sans Fronti res/Doctors Without Borders and the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Auteur LibraryThingAnne Marie Ruff est un auteur LibraryThing, c'est-à-dire un auteur qui catalogue sa bibliothèque personnelle sur LibraryThing. Discussion avec l'auteurAnne Marie Ruff a discuté avec les utilisateurs de LibraryThing du May 28, 2012 au Jun 1, 2012. Lire la discussion. Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires  
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Fast forward a few years - I started it again, and finished it within a week. Timing is everything. I knew that the pharmaceutical companies can be cut throat, but it was interesting to consider the intellectual property issues regarding who owns the rights to the plants, medicinal properties of plants, etc. (