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Blind man's bluff : a memoir / James Tate Hill.
"A writer's humorous and often-heartbreaking tale of losing his sight-and how he hid it from the world. At age sixteen, James Tate Hill was diagnosed with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, a condition that left him legally blind. After high school friends stopped calling and a disability counselor advised him to aim for Cs in his classes, Hill used his remaining blurry peripheral vision to pretend he could still see. Feigning eye contact, memorizing common routes, filling shelves with paperbacks he read via tape cassettes, he organized his life around passing for sighted. A wealth of pop culture knowledge allowed him to steer conversations from what he couldn't see. For fifteen years, Hill hid his blindness from friends, colleagues, and lovers, even convincing himself that if he stared long enough, things would come into focus. At thirty, faced with a stalled writing career, a crumbling marriage, and a growing fear of leaving his apartment, he began to wonder if there was a better way"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393867176
- ISBN: 039386717X
- Physical Description: 234 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- All the answers -- Land of the Rising Sun -- Real books -- Pass/Fail -- Make-believe -- Incredible shrinking world -- Too long to stop now -- The definition of faith -- The d-word -- Dating tips for those still in denial about their disability -- Basketball. |
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| Subject: | Hill, James Tate. Blind > United States > Biography. Blind authors > United States > Biography. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Deception. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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- 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Altoona Area Public Library | 813.6 HIL (Text) | 33240004952977 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bernville Area Community Library | HIL (Text) | 33249023879517 | Biography | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | Biography Hill (Text) | 39427103604179 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | BIO HILL (Text) | 33400001530313 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Mansfield Free Public Library | 920 HIL (Text) | 31423298 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Portage Public Library | B HIL (Text) | 31814890122960 | PORM Biography | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 813.6 H646b (Text) | 31901004537561 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Penn-Kidder Branch | 813.6 HIL (Text) | 420001001546721 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
