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Mary Anne Mercer

Seattle-based Writer • Stories from Nepal

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Beyond the Next Village

Beyond the Next Village: A Year of Magic and Medicine in Nepal is a memoir of Mary Anne Mercer’s experiences as a nurse trekking for a year with a health team in rural Nepal.  

Mary Anne writes from her home in Seattle overlooking the Salish Sea. She has published on a wide range of topics related to social justice, global health, and globalization, as well as academic topics. She spent over 35 years working as university faculty, focusing on strategies to improve the health and survival of pregnant women and their children in resource-poor areas of the world.

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About Mary Anne

Mary Anne Mercer writes from her home in Seattle overlooking the Salish Sea. She has published on a wide range of topics related to social justice, global health, and globalization, as well as academic topics. She spent over 35 years working as university faculty, focusing on strategies to improve the health and survival of pregnant women and their children in resource-poor areas of the world.  Mary Anne went to Nepal as a  nurse practitioner in 1978, where she spent a year trekking from village to village … Read More about About Mary Anne

About the Book

Mary Anne Mercer’s memoir is moving, uplifting, and timely. Written with insight and humility, it illustrates the dilemmas of being a stranger in a strange land—even if you’re a stranger with the best intentions. Mercer’s eye for detail, humor, and frank self-reflections make Beyond the Next Village enjoyable as both memoir and travelogue.

JEFF GREENWALD
author of Shopping for Buddhas and Snake Lake

 

Was I ready to change my life?” a young American nurse asks as she ventures into Nepalese villages at a time when the Himalayas were mostly unknown. Mary Anne Mercer treks between worlds in this mesmerizing memoir of adventure and initiation into another culture, another way of healing, of understanding home.

BRENDA PETERSON
author of Wolf Nation and I Want to Be Left Behind

 

With deep compassion and sharp critical insight, Mercer chronicles the challenges of delivering healthcare in rural Nepal while also recounting a more personal story of a woman working through her own uncertainties and vulnerabilities to embrace her calling. This is a must-read for any traveler who hopes to ‘help’ in Nepal.

ELIZABETH ENSLIN
author of While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey through Love and Rebellion in Nepal

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