Category: Living

I don't usually read "diabetes" books, at least not for pleasure reading. Since my wife and I both have diabetes and we run a diabetes website, I spend more than enough time reading about diabetes. When I get some down time I like to escape into other worlds, usually reading historical books like...

I recently read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit. It's a non-fiction account of a man who was about to break the 4-minute mile back in the 1930's but then enlisted to fight in WWII and became a POW. It's truly a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the limits of human endurance.

An important book about diabetes is "Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness" by Chris Feudtner. The New England Journal of Medicine said, "The introduction of insulin in 1922 transformed the acute, rapidly fatal course of a diabetic coma into a chronic illness that could be monitored and managed over the years. As a historian and a pediatrician, Feudtner is sensitive to the ironies implicit in insulin therapy.

There are any number of adult books out there that I would be happy to suggest for summer reading: Jennifer Egan's "A Visit from the Goon Squad" and Gary Shteyngart's "Super Sad True Love Story" both are great beach bring alongs.