For the Benefit of Those Who See

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO SEE

READ BY THE AUTHOR

n the tradition of Oliver Sacks, Rosemary Mahoney blends science, history, and firsthand reporting to investigate the world of the blind. She travels to Tibet Ito tell the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind there, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken’s international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals the misapprehensions and shocking oppression endured by the world’s blind as well as their great resilience, integrity, ingenuity, and strength. Mahoney tells the stories of people who are marginalized yet manage not just to survive but to find joy and humor in life and to prevail. By living among the blind, she enables us to see them in fascinating close-up, revealing their particular “quality of ease that seems to broadcast a fundamental connection to the world.” But it is ultimately Mahoney’s affinity with the blind children of Tibet, her compassion for her blind students in India, and the groundbreaking, visionary work of Sabriye Tenberken that animate For the Benefit of Those Who See. Having listened to it, you will never see the world in quite the same way again.

ROSEMARY MAHONEY is the author of five previous books; three wereNew York Times Notable Books, and one was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship. She is a citizen of Ireland and the United States and lives in Rhode Island.

Running Time: Approx. 9.5 Hours • Unabridged Copyright © 2014 Rosemary Mahoney. All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the duplicating, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this audiobook without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. 햯 2014 by Hachette Audio. All rights reserved. © 2014 by Hachette Audio (packaging elements only). A division of Hachette Book Group, 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Cover design by Kapo Ng. www.HachetteAudio.com

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