Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green · first published 2017
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SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD AZA NEVER INTENDED to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at sake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, awar
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on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗John Green, author of "The Fault in Our Stars", "Turtles All the Way Down", "The Anthropocene Reviewed", and other fine books is releasing a book called "Everything is Tuberculosis." If you are interested in the topic or just like to read well-written prose, I recommend joining…
on “Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s” ↗…next few weeks miserable", so the people that do it are admirable. Probably healthier for it, too, given it's basically therapy. I can't imagine what it's like to write a novel, like John Green did with Turtles All The Way Down, while also being a sufferer. I'm sure medication must help. ;)
on “The terrible 'what if': how OCD makes every day a matter of life or death” ↗