Saving the World

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"Unabridged Fiction"--Container.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Compact disc.
Narrated by Blanca Camacho.
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 writer's 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 Doą 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 Alma's husband is taken captive.

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PUBLISHED
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 14 sound discs (16 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419389165

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Camacho, Blanca.

SUBJECTS
Balmis, Francisco Xavier de -- Fiction.
Married women -- Fiction.
Middle aged women -- Fiction.
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Fiction.
AIDS (Disease) -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Vaccination -- Fiction.
Smallpox -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.