num_pages: 307
description: The best-selling author of The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter offers a thought-provoking look at living with the disease that is becoming America's fastest-growing epidemic, revealing his own bout with Type 1 diabetes, the science behind the disease, and the skyrocketing impact of diabetes on the American economy and society.
language: English
title: Cheating Destiny: Living With Diabetes, America's Biggest Epidemic
titlecomplete: Cheating Destiny: Living With Diabetes, America's Biggest Epidemic
genres: Memoir, Science, Nonfiction, Health
ratings_count: 164
publisher: Houghton Mifflin