Birthday Girl Essay

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“Hello everyone, my name is Sandra Beasley but most people call me Allergy Girl.” This was the introduction of Beasley’s presentation. When I heard this I thought to myself “Where am I?” To be honest I imagined this book would be about the murder of a birthday girl, a mystery-crime solving book . Whereas in fact, as Beasley started reading the first chapter I noticed that the book was about a girl with multiple allergies and how she saw the world from that point of view.The little girl was Beasley, the author. Meaning the book is a memoir of what her life had been like since she was a little girl with these types of allergies. To be exact, Sandra Beasley confirmed she has around 20 different food and environment triggers that can send her to the hospital just by breathing or touching one of these things. The author read the first chapter and then gave a summary of her allergic journey. I found it interesting because Beasley tells us her stories, some are funny and some are sad but at the end both sides are entertaining or at least she tries to write it that way. The only characteristic I did not like was that I felt that she got too wrapped up in explaining some things. Some background information is always good for the reader in order to understand some allergies and relate to the character, but in this case, even in the first chapter, it was overdone. The interesting and compelling part of the book is how she narrates the different situations she has been through. Having allergies can affect different aspects of our life such as relationships, family and friends. Sandra of course has not been the exception and she tells some funny stories. In an occasion she went on a date and tried to impress the guy by eating a forkful of risotto. Seconds later she found out they had cheese powder so she ended up in the hospital “having a date” with the paramedics.
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