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Not fade away : a memoir of senses lost and found / Rebecca Alexander with Sascha Alper. by Alexander, Rebecca (Psychotherapist) Gotham Books, c2014. Call #: 362.197735 A377n Subjects Alexander, Rebecca (Psychotherapist) -- Health.   Usher's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.   Retinitis pigmentosa -- Patients -- Biography.   People with disabilities -- Biography.   Women psychotherapists -- Biography. ISBN:  9781592408313 (hc.) 1592408311 (hc.) Description:  308 p. ; 22 cm. Summary:  "The inspiring memoir of a young woman who is slowly losing her sight and hearing yet continues to live each day with grace and purpose. Thirty-four-year-old Rebecca Alexander is a psychotherapist. She is also almost completely blind, with significantly deteriorated hearing. A deeply moving exploration of the obstacles we all face-physical, psychological, and philosophical, and an exquisite reminder to live each day to its fullest. When Rebecca was twelve, her parents were told that she would be completely blind before she turned thirty. At eighteen, she fell through a window, shattering her body. In college, she found out that due to a rare genetic disorder called Usher Syndrome Type III -- she was losing her hearing as well. Since then, she has earned two Master's degrees, ridden a six-hundred-mile bike race, hiked the Inca Trail, and established a career -- all while maintaining a vibrant social life. Rebecca charts her journey from a teenager who tried to hide her disabilities, to a woman who is able to face the world exactly as she is. She meditates on what she's lost -- the sound of laughter and skies full of stars, which she can now only imagine -- and what she's found in return: an exquisite sense of intimacy with family and friends who've stuck by her, and a profound appreciation for everything she still has. Even though Rebecca inhabits a gradually darkening world, she refuses to let that stop her from living life with joy and enthusiasm."--Publisher. Genre:  Autobiographies. Other authors:  Alper, Sascha. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Biography 362.197735 A377n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Biography 362.197735 A377n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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