[bksvol-discuss] Re: We should scan this. Fw: Book Review: "BlindSight: Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno

"Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:20:17 -0500

We have this book in the collection already, it is great smile.

Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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 Puppies are the joy at one end.
 Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
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From: "Allison Mervis" <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] We should scan this. Fw: Book Review: "BlindSight: 
Come and See" by Jane L. Toleno

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

> 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.
>
>
>
> http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/entertainment/16705570.htm
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