The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández

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

Daisy Hernández

336 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her th...

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informative 97%
reflective 54%
emotional 51%
sad 27%
challenging 20%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%
inspiring 4%
dark 2%
tense 1%

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fast 12%
slow 9%

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