The Plant Hunter
ISBN-13: 9781984879134
Contributor(s): Cassandra Leah Quave
Subject: Biography: General
Publisher Imprint: Viking Press USA
Publication Date: 16-06-2022
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock
£16.99
About the book
No one understands plants better than Dr. Cassandra Quave, and as a person born with multiple congenital defects who nearly lost her life at the age of three due to a staph infection, she has an intimate knowledge of the strengths and failings of modern medicine. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to recount her own journey in search of natural compounds, long known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from this looming crisis. Her extraordinary story is filled with grit, tragedy, triumph, and awe.