Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up with Diabetes - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Touchstone BooksISBN-13:9780684856544ISBN-10:684856549UPC:9780684856544Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Women, Diseases & Conditions, Medical (Incl. Patients)Book Topic:DiabetesSize:8.50 x 5.46 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCK6TN2PVK
A CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG LIFE IRREVERSIBLY ALTERED BY ILLNESS
"I know about needles."
All her life, Andie Dominick adored her older sister, Denise. She wanted to look like her, talk like her, be her. Unfortunately, she got part of her wish when, at age nine, she was diagnosed with the same disease from which Denise had suffered since age two: juvenile diabetes. In this beautifully written, revelatory, and profoundly affecting memoir, Dominick recounts her transformation from a free-spirited kid who enjoyed giving shots to her stuffed animals with her sister's castaway needles to a life-long patient who must learn to inject herself twice a day. Emotionally charged, tragic, but in the end hopeful, Dominick tells how she found the courage to embrace love and hope in the face of fear, and to live with a disease that has taken so much from her.
Chosen in 1999 by the American Library Association as one of the best books for teenagers
"I know about needles."
All her life, Andie Dominick adored her older sister, Denise. She wanted to look like her, talk like her, be her. Unfortunately, she got part of her wish when, at age nine, she was diagnosed with the same disease from which Denise had suffered since age two: juvenile diabetes. In this beautifully written, revelatory, and profoundly affecting memoir, Dominick recounts her transformation from a free-spirited kid who enjoyed giving shots to her stuffed animals with her sister's castaway needles to a life-long patient who must learn to inject herself twice a day. Emotionally charged, tragic, but in the end hopeful, Dominick tells how she found the courage to embrace love and hope in the face of fear, and to live with a disease that has taken so much from her.
Chosen in 1999 by the American Library Association as one of the best books for teenagers
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Touchstone BooksISBN-13:9780684856544ISBN-10:684856549UPC:9780684856544Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Women, Diseases & Conditions, Medical (Incl. Patients)Book Topic:DiabetesSize:8.50 x 5.46 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCK6TN2PVK
Andie Dominick grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and received her master's degree in English from Iowa State University. She won the 1995 Writer's Digest Award for Best Essay for a piece that appears in altered form in this book. She lives in Des Moines with her husband and dogs.
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