ON IMMUNITY

In this bold, fascinating book, Eula Biss addresses our fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what may be in our ch ildren's air, food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Reflecting on her own experience as a new mother, she suggests that we cann ot immunize our children, or ourselves, against the world. As she explores the metaphors surrounding immunity, Biss extends her conv ersations with other mothers to meditations on the myth of Achilles, Voltaire's Candide, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Rachel Carson's Sile nt Sprin...[Read more]