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'Ripples from the Rupununi: Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey' is now available to borrow at the Health Sciences Library, McMaster University. It will be of interest to students in the School of Global Health at McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences, and in the McMaster University Department of Surgery, especially those enrolling in the Graduate Diploma of Global Surgery. The book is also available at the Hamilton Public Library and at the National Library of Guyana. Congratulations

May marks the one-year anniversary of 'Ripples from the Rupununi: Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey'. In celebration of reaching a milestone of 500 copies sold, I am offering a special shipping promotion. I know that the shipping costs add significantly to your cost for the book when you purchase online - even if you have Amazon Prime. If that cost has been holding you back or if you would like to purchase an extra gift copy, I will subsidize the shipping. For the month of May, yo

Laureen Pierre, my dear friend in Guyana who generously wrote the forward to the book, has been busy visiting prominent officials in Guyana to present them with copies of 'Ripples from the Rupununi: Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey'. You may have seen some of the photos on my Facebook page. Including recently the Minister of Amerindian Affairs Sarah Browne-Shadeek:

A friend told me that he recently sat down in a plane next to a young woman reading 'Ripples' for her book club! What are the chances? Yesterday I joined about 50 members of the Corinne True Center's Baha'i History Book Club, to discuss 'Ripples'. It was wonderful to hear how the stories resonated. If you are in a Book Club, would you consider suggesting 'Ripples' as one of your books for 2026? The themes of service, healing, and personal transformation are issues we can all