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I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle
Doc Ebersole isn’t a real doctor - at least not anymore. He was a real doctor. He used to practice medicine. But then he started dipping into the morphine a little too much until he found himself without a license anymore. Now he rents a room in the bad part of San Antonio. In order to pay for this room and his increasing morphine habit, he takes care of all the people who need medical attention but can’t really go to a hospital. We’re talking about gunshot wounds, stab wounds and abortions. And he is also haunted by the ghost of Hank Williams. It turns out that Doc was the doctor that gave Hank his first shot of morphine for back pain. He was also the doctor that gave Hank his last shot of morphine before Hank died in the backseat of a car on the way to a gig. So now Hank Williams hangs around with Doc, and as Doc spirals further and further out
of control, Hank starts to have more and more control over Doc. Then, one day, an 18-year-old Mexican girl named Graciela is dropped on Doc’s doorstep. She is pregnant and wants to have an abortion. But this girl is different from the hookers and drug addicts that Doc usually takes care of. And when the no-good father of the baby never comes back, Doc is stuck with her. And when Graciela starts to help Doc with his surgeries, Doc starts to notice that everyone she comes into contact with heals at an incredible rate. And not only do they heal quickly, they start to change their lives. They stop working the streets as hookers. They kick drug habits and move to new towns to start new lives. Some might say that Graciela is a miracle worker. And a miracle might be the only thing that can save Doc.
What to watch for in October
The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century by Dr. Dickson Despommier Despommier envisions a world where every city has their own local food source by going vertical and using all the wasted space we have in our cities. Yeah, I had that idea like 10 years ago.
Death by Medicine by Gary Null, PhD Null takes on the medical system of the United States with its corporate hospitals, drug companies, and doctors who get paid to push drugs. Wait a minute… you mean the drug companies might not have my best interest in mind?
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