{"product_id":"on-immunity-book-eula-biss-9781555976897","title":"On Immunity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Facebook Year of Books Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* National Book Critics Circle Award finalist * \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Top 10) * \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(Top 10)\u003ci\u003e * New York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (Top 10)* \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Top 10) * \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(Top 10) * \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York \u003c\/i\u003e(Top 10) *\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e* NPR's \u003ci\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eNewsday \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eSlate \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/i\u003e * And many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy do we fear vaccines? A provocative examination by Eula Biss, the author of \u003ci\u003eNotes from No Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear-fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child's air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunize your child, or yourself, from the world.\u003cbr\u003e In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss researches what they mean for her own child, her immediate community, America, and the world, both historically and in the present moment. She extends a conversation with other mothers to meditations on Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e, Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Carson's \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Sontag's \u003ci\u003eAIDS and Its Metaphors\u003c\/i\u003e, and beyond. \u003ci\u003eOn Immunity\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving account of how we are all interconnected-our bodies and our fates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49563696333073,"sku":"GOR007310122","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49902284177681,"sku":"CIN1555976891G","price":4.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50011668316433,"sku":"CIN1555976891VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694554644753,"sku":"CIN1555976891A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52781370999057,"sku":"CIN1555976891LN","price":4.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1555976891.jpg?v=1750718025","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/on-immunity-book-eula-biss-9781555976897","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}