Good info buried in self-important "literary" writing that just didn't fit. The author tries to tie together innumerable historical and mythological tales with modern conceptions of anemia, which sometimes works but sometimes just fails. There's a type of reader who would really love this book. I am not that reader. ( )

A biography of a condition that impacts many. While I like the idea and I enjoyed much of the book, the author sometimes seemed to try too hard to make it relevant to historical and mythological connections. ( )