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Beyond the Next Village

A Year of Magic and Medicine in Nepal

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Beyond the Next Village

By: Mary Anne Mercer
Narrated by: Mary Anne Mercer
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Beyond the Next Village is Mary Anne Mercer’s memoir of discovery, growth, and awakening in 1978 Nepal, which was then a mysterious country to most of the world. After arriving in Nepal, Mercer, an American nurse, spent a year traveling on foot–often in flip-flops–with a Nepali health team, providing immunizations and clinical care in each village they visited. Communicating in a newly acquired language, she was often called upon to provide the only modern medicine available to the people she and her team were serving. Over time, she learned to recognize and respect the prominence of their cultural beliefs about health and illness. Encounters with life-threatening conditions such as severe malnutrition and ectopic pregnancy gave her an enlightening view of both the limitations and power of modern health care; immersed in villagers’ lives and those of her own team, she realized she was living in not just another country, but another time. This unique story of the joys and perils of one woman’s journey in the shadow of the Himalayas, Beyond the Next Village opens a window into a world where the spirits were as real as the trees, the birds, or the rain–and healing could be as much magic as medicine.

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What a page turner, I just loved this book. I have been interested in getting to know more closely the country of Nepal and it’s culture and this book has amazed me with the heartwarming stories and the amazing descriptions of the culture, the people, the landscape and the author’s feelings. The respect and the genuine interest from the author for the Nepali really transports you to their villages. As someone who also works in healthcare, the author’s depiction of the healthcare system in Nepal has sparked even more my interest in contributing to help fighting the still until today prevalent inequality. Thank you Mary Ann didi for showing us a bit of a world that I hope to experience myself one day!

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