In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.
Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind..
In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife.
This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes, paired with a Labrador named Corky.
With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would Have to travel to find work.
Then, at the age of thirty-eight, he was laid off.
As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be.
Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose.
Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind--but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to pass as sighted.
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence
