Reviews
"Vampires walk among us, and Kathleen McLaughlin is unafraid to shine a torchlight on their sins. She illuminates the ways for-profit blood plasma firms feed on the most vulnerable--the poor, the forgotten, the oppressed--in the name of big medicine, big tech, and big business, squeezing literal blood money out of those who have already given too much."." --Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell, "From AIDS-ravaged villages in China to mall plasma centers in the United States, Kathleen McLaughlin traces the veins of a worldwide blood industry that draws from the desperate and needy to create life-saving products. This sharp and compassionate book will make you see globalization, and healthcare, in a whole new light." --James Palmer, author of The Death of Mao and The Bloody White Baron, "Blending memoir and reportage, journalist McLaughlin debuts with a disturbing look at the predatory nature of the blood plasma industry. A captivating and anguished exposé." --Publishers Weekly, "A disturbing, painful story that smoothly combines the personal and the universal." -- Kirkus (starred review)
