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A compelling and moving memoir about saving lives in one of the most dangerous regions in the world
James Maskalyk set out for the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan, in 2007. The newest Médicins Sans Frontières’ doctor in the field, he arrived with only his training, full of desire to understand this most desperate part of the world.
He returned home six months later profoundly affected by the experience. Six Months in Sudan is an illuminating and affecting account of saving lives in one of the most harrowing and dangerous places on Earth.
“Gripping and humane … brave and intelligent. - ,”
Ned Denny
daily Mail
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“Honest and fluently written … An absorbing insight into international medicine.”
financial Times
“Carefully crafted, often poetic, always deliberate … a visceral account.”
Mary Crockett
the Scotsman
“A moving, sometimes beautifully written, account of a young doctor’s time in the Sudanese town of Abeyi … The book is very well written and consequently easy to read, despite the subject matter. The juxtaposition of the blog entries and the text works particularly well … The book serves as a timely reminder that saving people’s lives is worth doing, even in a recession. We are also saving ourselves.”
Padraig Carmody
irish Times
“Six Months is Sudan is a wrenchingly heartbreaking account of distant agonies almost too pointed to grasp. Learning about Maskalyk’s work there is stirring, but the real miracle is this book paints a picture so precisely and vividly that it becomes impossible to look away. This is Maskalyk’s accomplishment, and his gift to the Sudanese and to us. The shame of our indifference retreats before his exhortation: ‘learn, and understand,’ and perhaps a more bearable future becomes possible for all of us.”
Kevin Patterson
James Maskalyk
Dr. James Maskalyk is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto, and he practises Emergency Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto. This is his first book.