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Title: Saving the World
Author: Julia Alvarez
Narrator: Blanca Camacho
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-17-11
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 15 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award with In the Time of Butterflies, author Julia Alvarez is a beloved voice in modern fiction and poetry. In Saving the World, she weaves the stories of two courageous womenseparated by two centuriesinto a breathtaking novel of love and idealism in an increasingly troubled world.
A best-selling, Latin-American author living in Vermont, Alma stays behind when her husband travels to the Dominican Republic to help fight AIDS. She needs the time to work on her latest book, but she has terrible writers block. Soon, her focus is diverted to an entirely new story, that of the early 19th-century anti-smallpox expedition of Dr. Francisco Balmis. Accompanying Dr. Balmis was Doña Isabel, who cared for the orphan boys serving as living carriers of the smallpox vaccine. It is the narrative of the courageous Doña Isabel that provides hope and inspiration when Almas husband is taken captive. Mesmerizing and poetic, Saving the World is a visionary tale that raises profound questions about the world we live inand whether or not it is beyond redemption.