March 23 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Ticketed Author Event: John Green
Description
St. Louis County Library Foundation and the Novel Neighbor Present An Evening with #1 Bestselling Author John Green
Author of “Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection”
John Green, the #1 bestselling author and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease. In 2019, Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In “Everything Is Tuberculosis,” John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
Ticket Information
Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite. Seating will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Due to time constraints, there will not be a signing or photo line following the presentation.
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Individual Ticket – $35
Admits ONE and includes one pre-signed copy of “Everything is Tuberculosis”