num_pages: 204
description: Born blind on a tiny Virginia farm at the height of the Great Depression, Phyllis Campbell never realized that she was poor, for she was surrounded by a loving family and a menagerie of pets that filled her world with joy.As far back as she can remember, there have been people and pets who have brought light into her life. Friendships in the Dark is the warm, unforgettable story of those people, and, especially, of those pets. You'll meet them all - from Mouser, the patient kitten who let a blind child take her for perilous rides in a rickety wagon, to Lear, the gallant, loving Labrador who devoted his life to, serving his blind mistress and broadening the horizons of her world."Everything has its wonders, even darkness," Helen Keller wrote at the beginning of this century. Now, at the century's end, in this inspiring book, Phyllis Campbell proves it to be true. Share the wonders of her world, and discover God's daily miracles that, for all of us, can turn darkness into light.
language: English
title: Friendships in the Dark: A Blind Woman's Story of the People and Pets Who Light Up Her World
titlecomplete: Friendships in the Dark: A Blind Woman's Story of the People and Pets Who Light Up Her World
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Brett Books