Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, (Paperback)

from RealLifeReading

“For those with allergies like mine, each day requires vigilance in terms of what we do, the company we keep, and where we sit in relation to that bowl of mixed nuts. One person's comfort food is another person's enemy. One person's lifesaver is another's poison.” Just a couple of weeks ago, wee...

from thoughtbox

Sandra Beasley is an allergy sufferer, and she has plenty of funny/terrifying anecdotes to share. She's also well-researched on the topic, and provides lots of useful scientific information about how allergies actually work.I was once a food allergy skeptic. Not that I totally disbelieved in thei...

from BookAngel_a

When I was a child, I only had two main allergies: dairy products and cats. I can't tell you how many times I heard other kids say "You're allergic to EVERYTHING!" A few years ago I added wheat to my allergy list, and that makes life harder but by no means impossible. I am not allergic to everyth...

from lahochstetler

Sandra Beasley has a wide variety of food allergies- substances like wheat, milk, soy, and others can induce anaphalaxis if she ingests them, hives if she touches them. This is her memoir of living in a world in which substances that are laced in everything are poisonous. The fact that severe foo...

from glade1

This was an enjoyable look at a life I thankfully don't have to worry about! Beasley gives a lot of information in a readable and sympathetic manner without coming off as whiny. Lots of good stuff in here!