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.