Needles A Memoir of Growing up with Diabetes

Name: Needles A Memoir of Growing up with Diabetes
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ISBN: 9780684856544

ISBN-10: 0684856549

ISBN-13: 9780684856544

Edition: 2000

Authors: Andie Dominick, Andie Dominick

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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…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 4/14/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Needles


Mittens for the Diabetics


Getting Tagged


The Circle


Attendance


Rejecting the Needle


Old Enough


Roommates


Three Days


Numb


The Morgue


Decreased Visibility


Pamphlets


Alone


Opening My Eyes


Healing Touch


To Be a Woman


Anger


Satin Slippers


Forming Lines with the Snow