The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy by Susan Wise Bauer Emma Cline Alex Douglas always wanted to

Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero

a local woman hired as the groundskeeper

A trained assassin

The French Navy commander-in-chief was equally eager to keep their ships out of Axis hands

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The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy by Susan Wise Bauer Emma Cline Alex Douglas always wanted toFrom alchemy to wellness culture, from antisemitism to disposable plastic, a gripping account of how getting sick has shaped humanity. Anti science, anti vaccine, anti reason beliefs seem to be triumphing over common sense today. How did we get here? The Great Shadow brings a huge missing piece to this puzzlethe experience of actually being ill. What did it feel like to be a woman or man struggling with illness in ancient times, in the Middle Ages, in