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Second suns two doctors and their amazing quest to restore sight and save lives

Documents the inspiring story of a partnership between an American and Nepali doctor to provide eyesight-saving treatments to tens of thousands of patients through their Himalayan Cataract Project.

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Main Author:	Relin, David Oliver
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House, Ã2013.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Tabin, Geoff. Ruit, Sanduk. Cataract > Surgery > Nepal. Cataract > Surgery. Ophthalmology > Nepal. Missionaries, Medical > Nepal. Missions, Medical > Nepal. Nepal > Biography. Biographies.
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Summary:	Documents the inspiring story of a partnership between an American and Nepali doctor to provide eyesight-saving treatments to tens of thousands of patients through their Himalayan Cataract Project.
Physical Description:	x, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:	9781400069255 1400069254 9780679603566 0679603565
Author Notes:	David Oliver Relin was born in Rochester, New York on December 12, 1962. He graduated from Vassar College in 1985, and was later awarded a fellowship at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. In the 1990s, he established himself as a journalist with an interest in telling stories about people in need including articles about child soldiers and about his travels in Vietnam. He was the co-author of Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson, which was published in 2006. In 2011, basic facts in the book were questioned by author Jon Krakauer and the CBS News program 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes also discovered that Mortenson's charity was spending large amounts of money on Mortenson's personal expenses and to promote the book. This caused Relin to suffer both emotionally and financially. He did not speak publicly about the charges, but he hired a lawyer to defend himself in a federal lawsuit that accused the authors and the publisher of defrauding readers. The suit was dismissed in 2012. He suffered from depression and committed suicide on November 15, 2012 at the age of 49. His book Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives was published in 2013 after his death. (Bowker Author Biography)