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

lshore's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

8little_paws's review

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5.0

I learned so much about the blind community, the experience of losing your sight, the innovations in technology that the blind community created and how they use it. Totally recommend! This was enjoyable on audio.

kpearlman's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

mscherer's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

otterlyjenny's review against another edition

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3.0

Enjoyed how in depth and research driven this book was. For a memoir, I would say there aren’t as many excerpt of Leland’s experiences (more so interviews or conversations he had with other people).

margaret721's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

shmary's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed the parts that were about his personal experience going blind and his struggle with disability identity. But a lot of the book is disability 101, which was well done but was old news to me.

nic_t_dlr's review against another edition

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5.0

I listened to this as an audiobook. I really loved it! One of my faves this year

lbalestieri's review

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3.0

A fascinating memoir and overall informative and important look into disability. A little all over the place though and a little dry.

jacobdvdsn's review against another edition

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5.0

This was a special read that stayed in my mind far after I put down the book after a reading session. The history weaved throughout the memoir is tough to deal with at times. You would hope moving forward we don't disclude anyone with sight impairment. This book will be one I recommend to everyone.