Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307588122 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Her allergies—severe and lifelong—include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish, and mustard. She explains exactly what an allergy is, describes surviving a family reunion in heart-of-Texas beef country with her vegetarian sister, delves into how being allergic has affected her romantic relationships, exposes the dark side of Benadryl, explains how parents can work with schools to protect their allergic children, and details how people with allergies should advocate for thems
Radar6"Entertaining and educational without being preachy" according to Radar626. It was with a bit of dread that I began to read this book. I've read many self told tales of misery and redemption over the years, and stopped choosing books of that genre as the overall tone became too self-absorbed ("No one else out of six billion people has had it worse than me."), self-promoting ("I cured myself and I can cure you, too!!") and a bit preachy ("If you don't do what I tell you, you will die a horrible, painful. 6 said Entertaining and educational without being preachy. It was with a bit of dread that I began to read this book. I've read many self told tales of misery and redemption over the years, and stopped choosing books of that genre as the overall tone became too self-absorbed ("No one else out of six billion people has had it worse than me."), self-promoting ("I cured myself and I can cure you, too!!") and a bit preachy ("If you don't do what I tell you, you will die a horrible, painful. Life on the other end of the wheeze It's tough to cook for people these days -- allergies galore, vegetarians, caffeine and sugar free folks, gluten sensitivities, lactose intolerances. It's easy to view all of this negatively, as if these overly fussy folks were willfully making our lives hard and somehow perversely enjoying it.But Sandra Beasley illuminates the terrors and complexities of the allergic life in such a winning way that you might just let go of you. "An entertaining, educational look at a growing problem that affects us all" according to A. Reid. This thought-provoking book is half memoir/half research, relating not only the story of Sandra Beasley but the story of food allergiesat least as they are understood and handled in Western culture. Beasley manages a nice blend between the two, always a tricky balancing act, but a highly successful one: she at once gives a human face (her own) to a widespread problem and reveals how her personal issues are in fact issues that a
Her honors include a DCCAH Individual Artist Fellowship, the Friends of Literature Prize from the Poetry Foundation, and the Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers, Inc. She lives in Washington, D.C., where her prose has been featured in the Washington Post Magazine.From th
Winning, wise and humorous, you'll think twice when someone says, ‘Pass the peanuts.’” —Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Don't Sing at the Table “Sandra Beasley’s memoir—so bright and lucid and compelling, so intelligent and affecting—is even more than a gripping tale of living with numerous, potentially deadly allergies. Brilliantly combining her personal narrative with medical research and cultural analyses, Beas