A review by claire_fuller_writer
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

4.0

Andrew Leland is slowly going blind from retina pigmentosa. This is a non-fiction book about the culture of blindless, the history of support for the blind, and also a memoir about his personal journey. I found all of it fascinating, especially the thoughts and ideas around what if you're going blind slowly rather than suddenly being blind. There's lots of philosophical and psychological stuff here that I really enjoyed - especially how blind people 'see' themselves and how others 'see' them. My youngest child - an adult - uses a wheelchair and I could apply lots of the discussion around aides, disability, and the choices we all make, which definitely made me think about things differently.