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The summer of the great-grandmother (Crosswicks journal. #2.)
By Madeleine L'Engle. 1974
L'Engle describes her ninety-year-old mother's plunge into senility during her final summer at Crosswicks, the family home. As she recalls…
this fourth four-generation season, L'Engle reviews her parent's rich life and shows how she influenced the entire family. Followed by "The irrational season" (DC24707). c1974. (The Crosswicks journal ; 2)The dog who came to stay
By Hal Borland. 1961
Life with mother
By Clarence Day. 1937
Out of sight: ten stories of victory over blindness
By Al Sperber. 1976
'Out of Sight' is the name of a radio programme for and about the blind in New York. This book…
was inspired by the programme as each of the ten people interviewed had taken part several times as they told their story of coping with blindness. Often their greatest battle has been seen against the contradictory and often discriminatory attitudes of sighted people towards them. 1976.Helen and teacher (Radcliffe biography series.)
By Joseph P Lash. 1980
This double biography covers 100 years, from Annie Sullivan's childhood in an almshouse to Helen Keller's death in 1968. The…
author reveals the intensity and depth of their mutually dependent relationship which was filled with genius, devotion, sacrifice and love. c1980. (Radcliffe Biography Series)The world in my ears
By Arthur T Cushen. 1979
Part one deals with Cushen's life as a blind person employed as a station representative, broadcaster, and journalist. Part two…
explains in simple nontechnical terms the hobby of shortwave listening. 1980.Ordinary daylight: portrait of an artist going blind
By Andrew Potok. 1980
A true story of a man who lost everything and found himself. A forty-year-old artist tells of his emotional reaction…
to dependency, retraining, rehabilitation and his constant hope to regain his sight, which causes him to try unusual cures, such as the 'bee sting' cure. 1980.Twelve years: an American boyhood in East Germany
By Joel Agee. 1981
The son of the late James Agee offers an account of his life with his mother; Alma, his stepfather, a…
German communist novelist; and his brother, in the new East Germany at the end of World War II. Joel recalls his feelings as an outsider, his few friendships, and his failure as student, son, and privileged member of a Marxist society. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1981.Eleni
By Nicholas Gage. 1983
When he was a young boy, the author's mother was tortured and murdered by communist guerillas in Greece in 1948.…
Gage, now a reporter with the "New York Times", searched for the man responsible for his mother's death. 1983.The Kennedys: an American drama
By Peter Collier, David Horowitz. 1984
Rx, applause: biography of a blind performer
By Mason Turner. 1983
Emma and Co
By Sheila Hocken. 1983
A tribute to Emma, a devoted guide dog and companion, this book is filled with delightful and sometimes disastrous anecdotes…
about Emma and the Hocken family. Sequel to "Emma V.I.P." (DC28669). Followed by "After Emma" (DC28668). 1983.Fatherhood
By Bill Cosby, Alvin F Poussaint. 1986
Eclipse, a nightmare: A Nightmare
By Hugues De Montalembert, David Noakes. 1985
In 1978, artist Hughes de Montalembert was blinded by two muggers. This is the tale of his search for a…
cure, of his rehabilitation and his despair, and finally his discovery of reconciliation and peace. 1985. Uniform title: Lumière assassinée.To catch an angel: adventures in the world I cannot see
By Robert Russell. 1963
The stones cry out: a Cambodian childhood, 1975-1980
By Molyda Szymusiak. 1986
Now living in Paris, the author recounts the agony of her Cambodian childhood under the Khmer Rouge, including the deaths…
of her parents, siblings and other relatives. 1986. Uniform title: Pierres crieront.Stillmeadow sampler
By Gladys Bagg Taber. 1951
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 1987
Begins with the baptism of Rose Kennedy's father in 1863 and ends with John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Looks…
at Wall Street speculation and the campaigns that catapulted an entire family to international status. Some strong language. 1987.The miracle worker: a play for television
By William Gibson. 1959
Midstream: my later life
By Helen Keller. 1929