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When Invisible Children Sing By Dr Chi Huang with Irwin Tang Published by SaltRiver 2006 |
When Dr
Chi Huang took a year off from Harvard Medical School to work with orphans and
street children in La Paz, Bolivia, he had no idea it would take only that one
year to change his life forever.
The son of
immigrants from Taiwan, he had grown up feeling like an outsider in an alien
culture, one that eventually rewarded him with a coveted spot in medical
school. And then he chose to thrust
himself once again into the role of outsider, that of a young American doctor
seeking to save the bodies and souls of Bolivia’s forgotten children.
Through
his own story and the stories of Gabriel, Mercedes, Vicki, Daniela, and
beautiful little Rosa, “Dr Chi” gives us a glimpse into the shocking world of
children who, betrayed by those who were supposed to protect them, are left to
the dangerous freedom of the streets.
And he gives us a fleeting glimpse into his own inner world, where he is
forced to confront his past and reexamine his future.