Tag: Diabetes

• ‘The Undaunted’- Hart, Alan L.

  In 1936, Alan Hart published The Undaunted, his second bestseller. The novel, which follows young doctor Richard Cameron’s attempts to find an effective treatment for anemia, begins in the west coast city of Seaforth, a stand-in for 1920s Seattle. Within the medical-research plot, Hart also weaves the story of men—Cameron and radiologist Sandy Farquhar—whose personalities…

  The Disability Archives

  4th Dec 2024

  Adult, Age, Amputee, Anaemia, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Chronic Infection, Diabetes, Disability, Fiction, Gay, Genre, H, Historical, LGBTQ+, Medical Fiction, Novels, Pernicious Anemia, Physical Disability

  1930s, Amputee, Anaemia, Chronic Illness, Chronic Infection, Diabetes, Fiction, Gay SC, Historical, Historical Content, Historical Setting, LGBTQ+, Medical Fiction, Novel, Pernicious Anemia, Physical Disability, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Transgender, Transgender Author, USA

• Xan West

  A short look into the life and work of Xan West- an autistic, queer, Jewish, disabled author known for their erotic writing and community activism.

  The Disability Archives

  26th Feb 2024

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  Author Spotlight, Autism, Chronic Illness, Diabetes, Disabled Authors, Erotica, Genderqueer, Jewish Author, LGBTQ+, Multiple Disability, Neurodivergence, Queer

• ‘Sweetblood’- Hautman, Pete

  After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteen-year-old Lucy Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the “proto-vampires” she has met online and in person, and most of all with her uncontrolled diabetes.

  The Disability Archives

  5th Feb 2024

  Age, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Contemporary, Diabetes, Disability, Fiction, Genre, H, Novels, Realistic, Type 1 Diabetes, Young Adult

  Chronic Illness, Contemporary, Diabetes, Fiction, Novel, Realistic, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Type 1 Diabetes, USA, Vampires, Young Adult

• ‘Defying Doomsday’- Dolichva, Tsana

  Teens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet. A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family. New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors. A man seeks love in a fading world. How would you survive the apocalypse? Defying Doomsday is…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Nov 2023

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