More than the Eye Can See
Author | : Helen Lavinia Underwood |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2013-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781483671895 |
ISBN-13 | : 1483671895 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: More Than The Eye Can See is about two young women, one sighted and one blind, living together as roommates in a small Southern college during the "peaches and cream" fifties. The sighted student reluctantly becomes reader to her blind roommate. A letter dated June 23, 1957 -- the author's wedding day -- turns up in a box of keepsakes in 2012. Written by the blind roommate as a paean to their college life together, the author realizes she has never read the letter and certainly never responded to it. The memoir becomes the long-overdue response. Poignant memories and hilarious escapades characterize the narrative.