In Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism,Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to attend, and current Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar presents a series of profiles on people who face moral and ethical quandaries by being altruistic to a fault. These do-gooders devote themselves so totally to helping others that they often forget to take care of their own well being. EVENT: On Wednesday,October 7, Larissa MacFarquhar will be in conversation with the current Yorker's David Grann at Greenlight Bookstore, or 686 Fulton St. Brooklyn,NY 11217 at 7:30 P.
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Source: wnyc.org