Lisa of Troy's Reviews > Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald had tuberculosis?

On July 3, 1939, F. Scott Fitzgerald wired his editor, Maxwell Perkins, “Have been writing in bed with tuberculosis.”1

Sadly, my literary boyfriend bestie did not make an appearance in Everything is Tuberculosis, but I am sure John Green will correct this oversight in subsequent versions. :)

Everything is Tuberculosis is a fascinating book about one of the world’s most deadly diseases.

Further, this book helps to fill a gap in the American educational system about world health. What does cutting government funding to global health organizations mean?

This book goes beyond statistics—it puts a name and a face to the disease.

For me, this book hit particularly hard. In 2021, I had over $1 million in medical expenses (I had two heart surgeries: one at Mayo Clinic and one at Cleveland Clinic). I have been incredibly lucky.

But there are people in this world who aren’t as lucky. People who die because they can’t afford a $30 test to accurately diagnose their type of tuberculosis and the $300 it would cost to provide medication.

1 1939; Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, C0101, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

The Green Light at the End of the Dock (How much I spent):
Hardcover Text – $28.00 from Flyleaf in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Audiobook – Audible for $9.45

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