What Amazon Says
An inspirational memoir of a man’s rich life experiences without sight, but with an enormous sense of wonder in the world around him.
Bestselling author Tom Sullivan explores life without sight and finds it rich and rewarding. In fact, he’s gleaned a number of gifts from his “affliction,” including:
-I’ve never assessed my relationship with people according to the limits of labels or assumption.
-I’ve enjoyed a world of senses available to all of us but almost never explored by the majority of those with sight.
-I’ve made challenge my road to limitless opportunity.
-I’ve cultivated a clear sense of my own purpose.
-I’ve learned to be passionate, celebrating my own uniqueness through the expression of that passion.
-I’ve found a powerful faith that has become my foundation for living.
-I’ve learned to love unconditionally through the interdependent relationship I share with my wife, Patty, and my children.
Through insightful stories and emotive writing, Tom describes a life of fullness, not lack, as he’s made blindness a positive. For Tom Sullivan—author, actor, athlete, singer, entertainer, and producer—a life with blindness has been a life with very few true limits. In this elegant exploration of the senses, he considers the different challenges he’s faced and explains the wonder he carries because, not in spite, of his blindness.
My 3-Star Review
Although I enjoyed reading the author’s personal stories, I found the book too preachy. I guess I should have realized it would be after reading the synopsis. But being a musician myself, I hoped to learn more about his career as a singer and actor. This book didn’t tell me what I wanted to know. It’s somewhat entertaining and may enlighten others, but although I’m visually impaired, I couldn’t grasp the author’s concept of living blindness from the inside out.
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
Independently published with the help of DLD Books.
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by Two Pentacles Publishing
Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?
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