The Story Of My Life

By Helen Keller and Keller Wester Anderson

Book Overview

THE STORY OF MY LIFE, was written by Hellen Keller and the main theme is the power of perseverance to overcome great obstacles. The book explores the challenges that Keller faced while growing up as a child with disabilities. It also introduces the amazing people who helped her along the way. This is an autobiography detailing her early life, particularly her experiences with Anne Sullivan. Outlining the various wonders and struggles she encountered on the way to achieving her dream, The Story of My Life recounts her early childhood through to her college years.
In her early childhood, Keller suffers an illness which robs her of her eyesight and hearing. Owing to her disabilities, she was unable to communicate or be understood by others. However, Sullivan's arrival changes her life, bringing her out from the darkness of her mind into the light of the world. Thanks to Sullivan, Keller learns to love nature and education, particularly reading. This allows her to use her imagination and to begin to define who she is as an individual.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9359647217
• ISBN13: 9789359647210
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece

This extraordinary biography is a true masterpiece. One of the greatest books of the 20th Century. Dr R. Chris Barden

Person of the Century

My vote of many others who believe Helen Keller was Person of the Century. She was an incredible human being. Personified what should be the "Human Spirit".

opens your mind

In the introduction Robert Russell says, "Imagine yourself whisked out of your room and suddenly landed on some distant planet where there was other life--but landed with your eyes permanently closed, your ears sealed, and your tongue all but useless. How would you sense an approaching danger or an approaching friend? What would such a life be like? But perhaps such a catastrophe seems so impossible that it isn't worth thinking about. It isn't so impossible. Things like it do happen. It happened to Helen Keller."Helen Keller writes about her own experiences, perceptions, and understanding with a beauty and sweetness that you can touch and taste. Reading about her life expands your mind to life's infinite possibilities, realities, and to the resiliency of the human mind. Helen was a kind, aware, and incredibly intelligent woman. Reading about her life in her own words is irreplaceable. Helen has truly left a mark on this world, and so has her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Both of their lives have left me equally awestruck.