Needles

by Andie Dominick

  • Scribner
  • 1998
  • ISBN: 978-0684842325
  • 224 pages
  • WorldCat
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About the Book

In a poignant memoir, a woman whose sister died at age twenty-one of complications from diabetes describes her attempts to reconcile the loss of her hero as she continues to struggle with the often painful and life-changing disease herself. 

Chosen in 1999 by the American Library Association as one of the best books for teenagers | Winner of the 1994 Associated Writing Press (AWP) Intro Award Competition
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About the Author

Andie Dominick has been an editorial writer at The Des Moines Register since 2001. In 2018, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. As an Iowa native, she earned a bachelor of arts degree in English and a master of arts degree in creative writing from Iowa State University. Before publication, Needles: A Memoir was submitted in fulfillment of her graduate thesis.

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