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2. LINK BOOK IN DESCRIPTION,COPY AND ENJOY TO DOWNLOAD SYNOPSIS So much of falling in love is visual. Catching someone&#8217seye. Noticing &#8212with admiration or pleasant surprise &#8212how they dress and carry themselves. Being captivated by their smile. Feeling that initial sense of physical attraction.But when you are blind, how do you fall in love if it cannot be &#8220atfirst sight?&#8221By sound, of course.The Sound of Her Voice: My Blind Parents&#8217Story is the inspiring chronicle of a remarkable couple (both blind since childhood) who &#8212against all odds &#8212lived full and productive lives. Mario became the first blind graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and was later elected Judge of two different county courts in Muncie, Indiana. Jane, who was fiercely independent from a young age, ran the household and raised four sighted children without outside assistance. Capable and confident from the start, Mario and Jane Pieroni lived abundant and gracious lives, overcoming the constant challenges they faced.A Memoir So Poignant That It Reads Like FictionIn this inspirational first- hand account, Jane and Mario&#8217sstory is told by their youngest child, Mary Pieroni Harper. &#8220Igrew up in a loving household with parents who were patient and kind,&#8221she tells us. &#8220Oufamily looked like other families who were at Sunday Mass or on television (my main frame of reference as a child). Yet Mom and Dad&#8217seyes didn&#8217tlight up when they saw me or darken when I did something wrong. They had no idea what I looked like.&#8221Usng extensive archival material &#8212including recorded audio and video interviews, and family photos &#8212Harper offers up a tale both historical and future-facing, helping us understand

3. how the world unfolded for generations past and what is possible for generations to come. With clarity and emotional vulnerability, Harper takes us on an odyssey that extends more than a century &#8212first putting the reader in the room during her mother&#8217sbirth, when young parents (Harper&#8217sgrandparents) were overwhelmed with fear and grief to meet their baby girl whose eyes were bulging with glaucoma. We travel through time during her parents&#8217childhoods and watch them mature and fall in love during their education at the Indiana School for the Blind. And Harper gives us powerful glimpses of her own life &#8212then and now &#8212as one of four children who could see her parents but whose parents only knew her by touch and sound.A Book for All Ages and Abilities&#8220Whn you were a child,&#8221Harper asks us, &#8220diyou ever close your eyes to see what it would be like to be blind? Perhaps you tried walking a few steps with your arms outstretched, hands waving as you tried to avoid walking into a wall.&#8221Yes, yes we did.Whether you&#8217re14, 44, or 74, The Sound of Her Voice is a heartwarming book that will leave you feeling personally empowered and more deeply connected to the people around you. If you love children (and dogs!), you can&#8217thelp but be brought to laughter and tears again and again by this book. And if you believe we are all capable of greatness, despite our challenges, this book will make you stand up and cheer.The story of Mario and Jane &#8212and their four children &#8212challenges us to think about how other people (like those with vision loss or other disabilities or differences) navigate the world and how our experiences, though varied, can bring us closer together instead of separating us.The Sound of Her Voice is an inspirational tale for all of us and an especially poignant reminder for families and individuals with disabilities that anything is possible when love guides the way.Forthcoming in audiobook and Braille editions. The Sound of Her Voice: My Blind Parents' Story