I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap.
From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.

