Non fiction
Hardback
Detailscondition: brand newformat: sprayed edge premium hardbackisbn: 9789363126336publisher: wilco classicsage range: adult young adult 14 overviewthe story of my life is helen keller's landmark autobiography, tracing her extraordinary journey from a childhood locked away by deafness and blindness to becoming one of the twentieth century's most admired authors, lecturers, and disability rights activists. This beautifully produced wilco classics sprayed edge hardback brings her own words to a new generation of readers, offering an intimate, first-person account of struggle, discovery, and triumph that remains as moving today as when it was first published. About the bookwritten in keller's own voice, the story of my life recounts her early years in alabama, the illness that left her without sight or hearing at just nineteen months old, and the isolation that followed. The narrative turns on her meeting with teacher anne sullivan, whose patient, inventive methods unlocked language and, with it, the wider world. Readers follow keller's breakthrough at the water pump, her growing hunger for education, and her eventual triumph in learning to read, write, and speak. The memoir goes on to describe her studies at radcliffe college, her early writing career, and the beginnings of a public life devoted to advocacy for the blind and deaf. Told with candour, warmth, and remarkable clarity, the book balances deeply personal reflection with broader observations ...