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The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

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camrynsbookshelf's review against another edition

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5.0

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alexlong's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

I learned a lot from this book, and I especially enjoyed listening to the author’s narration. I sometimes felt confused or thrown off by the way the anecdotes/chapters were organized. While intersectionality was discussed, I wished the author had delved more deeply into its layers and perspectives. I think this journalistic memoir would’ve worked even better as a serial podcast, perhaps featuring interviews with some of the people mentioned in the book. Overall, I was pleased with this book club selection and I’m happy to have read it!
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town_scar's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was an enlightening read. it really changed my perspective on disability generally and blindness specifically. Leland writes in such an intimate and emotionally moving way. i especially enjoyed the stories of the people he has met on his journey. i would recommend this book to anyone 
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himpersonal's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Poignant, illuminating, engaging, lovely
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mxnjrees's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A must read for anyone who wants to understand the modern experience of disability, or feel validated in their own interactions with oppressive systems. This book is impressively intersectional, touching on sexism, racism, religious, and other cultural overlap with the blind community. Leland writes with great insight, compassion, and clarity on a topic few authors have tried to tackle: a disability narrative with the nuances fully present, challenging, and affirming to anyone who's living with similar struggles and joys.
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mmccombs's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book a lot! Reading about Andrew Leland’s experience as someone who is becoming blind but doesn’t feel as though he belongs in either the sighted or the blind world provided an interesting perspective. I definitely feel as though this is a book for sighted people, not for blind people, as it tackled a lot of internalized ableism and barriers for non-disabled people to viewing disabled people as people. I thought he tackled intersectionality well, though I think I’d like to read books by Black, disabled women to get that lived perspective. A solid entry into nonfiction about blindness!
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