The autobiography “Needles” written by Andie Dominick depicted both the physical and emotional impacts of growing up with type 1 diabetes. The book highlighted the emotional aspects of diabetes through changes in Andie’s attitude towards the disease while it took away her physical health. Starting from overseeing the disease through the experience of the older sister to getting diagnosed herself along with other complications from the disease, Andie struggled to not let diabetes control her life. Andie’s journey in learning to love life despite the odds represented the both fear and hope of many other diabetic patients. The biggest topic that the book surrounds is the experience with diabetes. Type 1 diabetes in particular is a chronic
