The world I live in

I enjoy reading about Helen Keller and found this book very interesting and enjoyable. My 9-year-old granddaughter also wanted to read this. Once she started she didnt want to stop.

What beautiful writing! Its pointed out in the intro that, more than most of us, her world was shaped with WORDS. Ive only read about four essays so far, and am profoundly touched. Ive always admired Helen Keller, but am newly re-impressed with her wisdom and vision, and touched that she can write so clearly as to make me feel how little she felt limited by her handicap. If Helen Keller had simply learned to behave and ask politely for her food, etc, it would have been an impressive accomplishment. The fact that she grew to fully embrace her intelligence, her world and her potential . . . wow. I know so many people who are content to just do the bare minimum, to not stretch their limits at all, to not show any intellectual curiosity . . . she had the perfect excuse to exert the least effort, yet she didnt. Once she was given the key, the entree to humanity, she didnt let her handicaps stop her. I love that even all these years later, she is still able to share that.

As a nurse, I deal with a lot of patient challenges but reading this gave me a new perspective of the challenges vision & hearing impaired patients go through. This showed me that my perception was way off. Great book! Easy to read & understand. Highly recommend it!