What It Takes to Save a Life

<p><strong>From Dr. Kwane Stewart CNN's Hero of the Year for 2023.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Mountains Beyond Mountains</em> meets <em>Tattoos On the Heart</em> in this unforgettable powerful and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals and humans on the streets of California - and how he discovered what bonds all living creatures. </strong></p><p>Dr. Kwane Stewart was questioning his career as a veterinarian when he saw a homeless man with a flea-infested dog outside of a convenience store. In a moment of spontaneous generosity he offered to examine the dog and treat him for free. It was the first step in a now nine-year journey that has taken Dr. Kwane from Skid Row to San Francisco and beyond to care for pets and their humans who are living on the streets.</p><p>In <em>What It Takes to Save a Life </em> Dr. Kwane shows how our four-legged feathered scaled and swimming family members--these dogs cats birds reptiles and other animals that live side by side with us--provide more than companionship. They offer essential love hope and a sense of security.</p><p>Written with striking honesty and rich detail Dr. Kwane looks back on his childhood how he discovered his appreciation for animals and his calling and offers a frank assessment of the state of veterinary medicine today where compassion fatigue burnout and suicide are facts of life. Full of warm and inspiring stories of human-animal relationships this powerful and eye-opening book is a reminder that we are all members of a wider family. It is also a clarion call for each of us to help those in need--especially our most vulnerable brothers and sisters--and the animals who are their families. Wise and warm Dr. Stewart's story is a reminder that one life can make an immeasurable difference.</p>