A review by khornstein1
Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help by Larissa MacFarquhar

4.0

Fascinating book. Would you give up your comfortable life, your loved ones, your income, your organs, to save people not related to you? Who are the people who do this? And then, what is the push-back against doing this? The chapters on the history of altruism/charity/missions were great. The stories of individuals could have used a bit more structure and life, rather than the objective, non-commenting journalistic style, but I'll overlook that. Worth a look if you are interested in "missions," charity, giving to overseas causes, etc.