The Story of My Life

Helen Keller tells the stories of her unusual life. Keller shocked the world with her intelligence and her zest for life; people with disabilities in earlier times were shut away and never allowed to develop to their full potential. Keller befriended a Who's Who of the intellectual celebrities of her time, and much of the book describes her times with those folks. I was especially taken with the parts of the book where Keller details the ways she learned to communicate with others and to find out more about the world.