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What Love Sees: A Biographical Novel

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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!!!!

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.

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.

I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GREAT AND VERY HEARTFELT IT SHOWS THAT EVEN IF TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED THEY CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN.I WAS AMAZED HOW THEY RAISED FIVE CHILDREN .I HAVE A SEIZURE CONDITION SO I KNOW HOW IT IS TO BE LIMITED AND I STILL LIVE WITH MY MOTHER SO I CAN RELATE WITH HOW JEAN FELT WHEN HER FATHER KEPT TREATING HER LIKE A CHILD AND NOT LETTING HER TAKE A WALK INTO TOWN WITH HER SEEING EYE DOG OR WHEN SHE AND GORDON WANTED TO GET MARRIED.

I absolutely love this book. It's the true story of my friend Faith's mother and her life experiences after she went blind as a young girl. They even made a movie out of it, starring Richard Thomas and Annabeth Gish . I had a signed copy by Jean, but I made the mistake of loaning it out and it never got returned. That's why I searched so hard to find this book again. When I read it for the thrid time, it was still as exciting and interesting as it was the first time. I loved the journey of Jean learning to acclimate to the everyday challenges of being blind. Something that most of us would have considered horrible, but Jean saw the blessings. The story evolves into the life of an amazing family that handles all the ups and downs of two blind people raising 4 children on their own. Their faith in God and good gave them the courage and strength to stand up to every situation as it came their way. Everyone who I suggested this book to has come back and thanked me with praise of it. You won't regret reading it.

It takes a very special kind of people to life a normal kind of life with these kind of obsticales. I give them all the credit that they deserve