The Kissing Bug

A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease

The Kissing Bug
Daisy Hernandez
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Hardback
h216 x 140mm - 336pg
1 Jun 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781951142520
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"An absolutely essential perspective on global migration, poverty, and pandemics. " --Amy Stewart, author of Wicked BugsWho does the United States take care of, and who does it leave behind? A necessary investigation of infectious disease, poverty, racism, and for-profit healthcare--and the harm caused by decades of neglect.
The Kissing Bug is a deft mix of family archaeology, parasite detective story, and American reckoning. A much-needed addition to the canon. --Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error
Daisy Hernandez is a former reporter for The New York Times and has been writing about the intersections of race, immigration, class, and sexuality for almost two decades. She edited Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today' s Feminism and Colorlines, a newsmagazine on race and politics, and she has written for National Geographic, NPR' s All Things Considered, Code Switch, The Atlantic, Slate, and Guernica. She is the author of the award-winning memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed, and is a professor at Miami University in Ohio.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781951142520
Published: 1 Jun 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Tin House Books
Publisher: Tin House Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 336

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