What Love Sees: A Biographical Novel [Hardcover]

Susan Vreeland (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 573 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr (July 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786206969
• ISBN-13: 978-0786206964
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,461,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Vreeland's short fiction has appeared in journals such as The Missouri Review, Confrontation, New England Review, and Alaska Quarterly Review. Her first novel, What Love Sees, was made into a CBS Sunday Night Movie. She teaches English literature and Art in San Diego public schools.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is about my grandmother and POP it is wonderful., June 25, 1999

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Amber Booker-Holly [e-mail] (Visalia, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Love Sees: A Biographical Novel (Hardcover)

This book is a great portriat of my family. They made this book into a movie on CBS, and if anyone has seen it, it really is thier life. My grandmother is doing great, my POP died awhile ago, but we still have this living memory of him. If you are looking for a true love story and a moral story this book is for you to read. If you need motivation this book is for you to read. Never think you can't do anything, because my grandparents did everything, their blindness did not stop them at all. They are actually going to be making sequal to the movie, which will involve more of my dad which I can't wait to see. This is a must buy book!!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Precious Sight!, May 23, 2002

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M. Glanzer "nuts about books" (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Love Sees (Paperback)

Sight is one of those gifts a person takes for granted. I know I do, but after reading this book I don't think I ever will again. Jean loses her sight at the age of 12 and has so many things to overcome. Luckily for her, her parents didn't coddle her and made Jean do everything for herself that was possible. As the years go by she feels something is missing and after meeting Forest Holly, a man who also lost his sight, she knows that she needs to be married to him. This story takes in all the years from 1930 on through Jean and Forest's married life and all the challenges they face through lean years and the hardships of raising four children with little help. There were some hilarious parts, and some sad too.... This is truly a book that will make a person thankful for their sight and let you know that whatever adversities you may have to face, they can be overcome. A book I will recommend to everyone.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is about my grandmother and POP, it is wonderful., June 25, 1999

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Amber Booker-Holly [e-mail] (Visalia, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Love Sees (Paperback)

If you are looking for a true love story and true dedication in a marriage, this book is for you. My grandparents overcame their blindness had four children, and conqured everything themselves. My grandparents have given my such motivation, that I can do anything I set my mind to, they are the most wonderful people alive, besides my parents. This book is truly a wonderful book about love, hard times and good times, how they beat all of the odds.