abentz 's review for:

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

3.0

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Unfortunately this was not the kind of memoir I was expecting. As a speech therapist, I've always been interested in Helen Keller and her story. While this book still provided ample information about her, it seemed to focus more of vivid descriptions of the world around her instead of facts about herself. I found myself growing a little bored throughout the story, as over half the book were letters that Helen had written to people throughout her life. The letters showed an even deeper side to Helen which I loved, but it was impossible to keep all the people she wrote to straight, which made things incredibly confusing. I wish I could say I like this more, but unfortunately it fell a little flat for me.