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Andrea Barrett / October 21, 2007 / The Air We Breathe

Andrea BarrettScientific discovery, arctic exploration, and hideous diseases of centuries past are all fodder for Andrea Barrett’s unique brand of fiction, and The Air We Breathe is no exception. In it, Barrett revisits the scourge of tuberculosis, a topic she explored in an earlier short story, The Cure. Set in 1916, in a remote Adirondack village devoted to the care of TB patients, the novel explores changing relationships among the locals (both ill and well, rich and poor) as America prepares to enter WWI. As an added treat, there are overlapping characters familiar from Barrett’s earlier books Ship Fever, The Voyage of the Narwhal, and Servants of the Map.Listen Now

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