Book Review

E verything Everything is a novel about an 18-year-old girl, Madeline Whittier who lives in California Suburb with her mother, Pauline and her nurse, Carla, who takes care of her in the absence of her mother. Madeline has Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), a rare autoimmune disease that blocks the body’s immune system from operating normally, making it receptive to even mild infections. Madeline’s mother, being a doctor forbids her from going out, narrowing her interactions with the outside world only to online schooling. Her overprotective mother maintained a sterile environment in the house to protect her daughter from a supposed illness as all she had was Madeline after the death of her husband and son.   The book proceeds further with a fresh character named Olly Bright. Olly moves into the house next door with his family. The two gradually develop a friendship through gestures, texting and looking at each other from bedroom windows. As the friendship blooms, Madeline opens u