The beauty of dusk : on vision lost and found
Large Print Book
Large print edition.
"One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight,a rare stroke had cut off blood to one of his optic nerves, rendering him functionally blind in that eye--forever. And he soon learned from doctors that the same disorder could ravage his left eye, too. He could lose his sight altogether. In The Beauty of Dusk, Bruni hauntingly recounts his adjustment to this daunting reality, a medical and spiritual odyssey that involved not only reappraising his own priorities but also reaching out to, and gathering wisdom from, longtime friends and new acquaintances who had navigated their own traumas and afflictions. The result is a poignant, probing, and ultimately uplifting examination of the limits that all of us inevitably encounter, the lenses through which we choose to evaluate them and the tools we have for perseverance. Bruni's world blurred in one sense, as he experienced his first real inklings that the day isn't forever and that light inexorably fades, but sharpened in another. Confronting unexpected hardship, he felt more blessed than ever before. There was vision lost. There was also vision found"--
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at Westchester Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Free Library | LARGE PRINT B (Text) Large Print |
31002150850351 |
Checked out 05/18/2024 |
| Chappaqua Library | LARGE PRINT BIOGRAPHY BRUNI, FRANK (Text) Large Print |
31005600114187 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | LP B BRUNI (Text) Large Print |
31016151813481 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | B BRUNI (Text) Large Print |
31014153029867 |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | LARGE PRINT B BRUNI (Text) Large Print |
31015152679099 |
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| Pound Ridge Library District | LARGE PRINT BIO BRUNI (Text) Large Print |
31026150826558 |
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| Rye Free Reading Room | LARGE PRINT LIVES - BRUNI (Text) Large Print |
31028153379841 |
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