On ImmunityRecommendations

Eula Biss tackles our fear of the government, the medical system, and what could be in our children's air, food, mattresses, medications, and vaccinations in this brave, interesting book. She proposes that we cannot immunize our children or ourselves against the world, based on her personal experience as a new mother. Biss expands her chats with other moms to musings on the tale of Achilles, Voltaire's Candide, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Susan Sontag's AIDS and Its Metaphors, and more as she investigates the metaphors surrounding immunity. On Immunity is both an antidote to fear and a touching description of how we are all intertwined—bodies and futures.

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