Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
(Paperback, Large Print Edition)
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
By (Author) John Green
Diversified Publishing
Random House Large Print
18th March 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of science
Infectious and contagious diseases
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the worlds deadliest disease.
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.
In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henrys story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our worldand how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
Reviews
Essential to the human conversation. John Green whispered the truth of humanity onto the page. Library Journal, starred review
Charming, curious, and heartfelt. Each essay feels like its own adventure on a journey toward understanding our world and humanitys impact on it. NPR, Best Books of the Year
Humans have an incredible capacity to love, and this book is proof that no matter how big or small, there is so much in this world to love. Business Insider
The perfect book to read whenever you need a reminder of what it is to feel small and human, in the best possible way. San Francisco Chronicle
Author Bio
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of books including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, and The Anthropocene Reviewed. With his brother, Hank, John has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers and the educational channel Crash Course. John serves on the board of trustees for the global health nonprofit Partners In Health and spoke at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis.
