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

4.0

I was surprisingly pleased with the depth of discussion about Chagas disease in this book. I often find disease biographies written as family histories short on that end. But this was very well done. The author weaves scientific information into her family's narrative gracefully. She also provides excellent discussion of the issue of neglected diseases, the epi divide, the failure of the US health system, and our shared vulnerabilities.