John Green

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Future of Our Deadliest Infection
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E_C_B“I couldn’t stop talking about this book for weeks after I read it. There is so much cultural history tied to TB that I had no idea about (beauty, fashion, the feminine ideal, more!). I was astonished. And for as ubiquitous as TB is in literature, I realized while reading this book that I knew so little of TB’s origin as a disease, and how it still impacts the world today. Highly recommend.”
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Katie“also couldn't stop talking about it! even though I kept mispronouncing "tuberculosis"”
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