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John Green, acclaimed author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’ s deadliest infectious disease. Signed edition
“ The real magic of Green’ s writing is the deeply considerate, human touch that goes into every word. ” – The Associated Press
″ Told with the intelligence, wit, and tragedy that have become hallmarks of the author’ s work. . . . This is the story of us. ” – Slate
“ Earnest and empathetic. ” – The New York Times
Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu manity 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 be came 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 inequi ties that allow this curable, preventable infec tious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’ s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world— and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
