Long Time, No See - Couverture souple

Finke, Beth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252072197 ISBN 13 : 9780252072192

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2004

Synopsis

Long Time, No See is certainly an inspiring story, but Beth Finke does not aim to inspire. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, she charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Rejecting the label "courageous," she prefers to describe herself using the phrase her mother invoked in times of difficulty: "She did what she had to do."
With unflinching candor and acerbic wit, Finke chronicles the progress of the juvenile diabetes that left her blind at the age of twenty-six as well as the seemingly endless spiral of adversity that followed. First she was forced out of her professional job. Then she bore a multiply handicapped son. But she kept moving forward, confronting marital and financial problems and persevering through a rocky training period with a seeing-eye dog.
Finke's life story and her commanding knowledge of her situation give readers a clear understanding of diabetes, blindness, and the issues faced by parents of children with significant disabilities. Because she has taken care to include accurate medical information as well as personal memoir, Long Time, No See serves as an excellent resource for others in similar situations and for professionals who deal with disabled adults or children.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

NPR Commentator Beth Finke is a freelance writer and frequent presentor at conferences. She lives in the Printers Row neighborhood of Chicago with her husband and her seeing-eye dog. More information about the author is available at www.bethfinke.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252072197
• ISBN 13: 9780252072192
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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• Personne responsable: non disponible