Planet of the blind
(2020)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : W F Howes, 2020
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (360 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781407405865 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13644258, 1407405861 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13644258
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Brian Keeler
Blindness in the 195Os was a social stigma. Stephen's mother wanted a normal life for him, so he fought desperately to uphold the illusion of sight. For a child frantic to fit in, each day was an exhausting pretence. He managed to ride a bike, when even reading involved pressing his nose to the page and painfully forcing his eyes to concentrate. Head up, he strode through a carefully memorized labyrinth of streets, hoping to fool passers-by that he could actually see
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