The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

The author, slowly going blind from retinitis pigmentosa, explores the personal, historical, and political issues of the condition. As someone whose mother was almost completely blind when she died due to macular degeneration, I appreciated Leland's measured approach that is equal parts grief and wonder. The book gave me a lot to think about, and I'm not quite as terrified now that I likely will have the same fate as my mother.