1804 - Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O'Connell - Rough Sleepers (Part 2) | The Book Show

February 14, 2023 00:27:25
1804 - Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O'Connell - Rough Sleepers (Part 2) | The Book Show
The Book Show
1804 - Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O'Connell - Rough Sleepers (Part 2) | The Book Show

Feb 14 2023 | 00:27:25

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Show Notes

Tracy Kidders new book, “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People” shines a spotlight on Jim O’Connell, a Harvard-trained doctor who has spent 40 years caring for unhoused individuals in Boston, the “Rough Sleepers.”

We talk with both Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O’Connell on this week’s Book Show.

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