Perhaps, the author accurately described mannerisms, behavior patterns and visual appearance for people who are blind in developing countries, but very little of what she described has been my experience as a person who is blind in the U.S. The author relied heavily on quotes from, mostly, historical sources and I felt as though her writing reflected many of these antiquated beliefs and perceptions. The author’s frequent descriptions of the eyes of the blind people she met in developing countries and her numerous depictions of their blindisms were distressing and insulting. Her insistence that living as a person who is blind would be a fate worse than death was often repeated during the first half of the book. First, the author’s perceptions of blindness were dramatic, histrionic and bordered on the ridiculous. I found this book disappointing on many levels.
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