Tracy Kidder’s Rough Sleepers is an eye-opening and inspiring narrative chronicling the dedicated efforts of Dr. Jim O’Connell working over several decades as President of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless to provide medical attention for the unhoused. In conversation with Dr. David Adams, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O’Connell consider whether satisfaction can be gained from small victories in a world of big problems. James J. O’Connell, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award recipient.