Reflections On A Life With Diabetes

The title of the book, Reflections On A Life With Diabetes, is a misnomer, albeit clarified by the subtitle, a memoir in many voices. This book, compiled and edited by Diane Parker and Ruth Mark, includes contributions chronicling the lives of 47 contributors.

The breadth of these contributions written in both prose and poetry is the book's strength. At the same time the many voices dilute the intensity of the reading experience compared, for example, with the book reviewed here last month.

This is still a powerful book. The contributors are either excellent writers or they have been extremely well edited or both. Read this and know that you are not alone.

By a strange coincidence the title of this book, Reflections On A Life With Diabetes, is exactly the same as the subtitle of one of my least favorite books about diabetes, Sweet Invisible Body: Reflections on a Life With Diabetes. That book, by Lisa Roney, came out four years ago. The overwhelming impression that I retain about the earlier book is one of negativity. By contrast, I am left with a hopeful feeling after reading the current book.

This new book, published this year by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, is softbound with 285 pages. It lists for $14.95. You can buy it through Amazon.com, B&N.com, virtualbookworm.com, or by calling (877) 376-4955.