Travel Bug Book Discussion

Praise for John Green’s Everything Is Tuberculosis

“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

Please come join us to chat about this brilliant and timely book! 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. 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. Green 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.

Discussion group is hosted in Travel Bug the last Tuesday of the month by Aimee Gwynne Franklyn, an independent curator, literary enthusiast, art consultant and producer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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