[bksvol-discuss] Re: We should scan this. Fw: Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:08:43 -0800 (PST)
She sounds exactly like all of you. When I read the
review there were all the opinions and explanations
you all kindly provided and expressed here recently.
Cindy
--- Allison Mervis <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all!
> This looks like an interesting book. We should try
> and get it scanned.
> Allison
>
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> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:34 PM
> Subject: Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by
> Jane L. Toleno
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>
> > TwinCities.com, Minnesota USA
> > Sunday, February 18, 2007
> >
> > Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L.
> Toleno
> >
> > By MARY ANN GROSSMANN
> >
> > (Extract)
> >
> > "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno
> (Singing River Publications,
> > $17.95): When I finished reading this memoir about
> living with blindness,
> > I thought Jane Toleno is a remarkable woman. But,
> based on her feisty
> > attitude, she probably wouldn't want to be
> described that way.
> >
> > "I do not want to be described as differently
> abled, handi-capable, a
> > survivor or the like. Blind will do," she writes.
> >
> > "BlindSight" is Toleno's first-person account of
> how she perceives the
> > world as a legally blind person. She and her twin
> sister were premature,
> > and the pure oxygen pumped into their tents
> damaged their eyes. Jane later
> > had an eye trauma that limited her sight even
> more. She is married, the
> > mother of two children, and lives in Minnesota,
> although the book doesn't
> > say where.
> >
> > In "BlindSight," Toleno weaves accounts of her
> personal life into
> > explanations of how she perceives light and dark
> and the seasons, using
> > both narrative and poetry.
> >
> > She admits to being sometimes irked by the boorish
> behavior of some
> > people, especially those who don't understand how
> to behave around her
> > guide dog. That's why this book is so important,
> especially for young
> > readers.
> >
> > Besides, Toleno is a lovely poet. Here are the
> first lines of her poem "My
> > Physical World":
> >
> > "In my physical world, there is no sky;/But there
> is air and there is
> > earth./There are perceived, yet no visible
> stars;/But there is sun and
> > there are clouds./Summer sun packs heat./And even
> I squint up at her glare
> > ."
> >
> > "BlindSight" is published by a small press based
> in Ely. It should be
> > picked up by a major publisher, because more
> readers need to meet Jane
> > Toleno.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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