If You Could See What I Hear (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Derek L. T. Gill, Tom Sullivan
- First Published: 1975
- Time of Work: 1947–1973
- Setting: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Arizona, and California
- Principal Characters: Tom Sullivan, Jr., Thomas Joseph Sullivan, Sr., Marie Sullivan, Cathy Riley, Hope Francillon, Bill Burns, Tom Sly, Patty Steffen
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Music or musicians, Blindness or blind persons, Autobiography, Singing or singers, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Athletes, Wrestling
- Locales: California, Massachusetts, Arizona, Rhode Island
Form and Content
In If You Could See What I Hear, Tom Sullivan highlights the first twenty-six years of his life. He explains his blindness shortly after his birth, his father’s relentless and vain trips to ophthalmologists from Boston to New York City, and his eventual placement in the Perkins Institute for the Blind when he turned six. His mother was certain that her main task was to protect Sullivan from the perils and challenges of the sighted world; his father was determined that Sullivan would function comfortably in that world. This polarity helped to undermine...
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