[Ct-nfb] speaker at state convention November 2nd.

[Deb Reed]

Dear Beth,
I am very excited to hear about Linda Goodspeed being our guest speaker at
the upcoming state conventioin this year. It appears as though the book
will be available on a site that the daisy player, Booksense can be used
for. I still have not purchased the Booksense but this is pushing me to do
so sooner. Good work to whoever secured her as a speaker! Thankyou.

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Stanley Torow <setorow at optonline.net>wrote:

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> i can't wait to hear her.
> eileen
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> *From:* Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Elizabeth
> Rival
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:08 PM
> *To:* lrgoodspeed at comcast.net
> *Cc:* 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> *Subject:* [Ct-nfb] speaker at state convention November 2nd.
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>  Hello, below see a book from an NFB member who will speak at our state
> convention In Meriden on November 2nd. Beth Rival ****
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> *In and Out of Darkness*
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> *Losing Vision, Gaining Insight*
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> *By LINDA GOODSPEED***
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> As one of the first women sports editors at a daily newspaper, author
> Linda Goodspeed gained a national reputation for ski writing. She won
> awards, covered the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in the former
> Yugoslavia and wrote a book about skiing.****
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> But in her late 20s and early 30s, Goodspeed lost her eyesight to a
> childhood eye disease, and her life changed forever--not in a good way
> either. At least not at first.  ****
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> “According to surveys, blindness is people’s worst fear after terrorism
> and cancer,” Goodspeed said. “Terrorism and cancer will kill you. No one
> has ever died of blindness. Still, people fear it more than almost anything
> else. I know. I went through it.”****
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> In this compelling and inspiring story, the author details the fear and
> loneliness of going blind, and her determination to re-start her career and
> life. She moves away from home, learns blind skills like Braille and
> walking with a white cane, meets other blind professionals, learns how to
> use adaptive equipment, takes up old pursuits like downhill skiing, gets
> new jobs and travels to Russia to adopt a baby. ****
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> *In and Out of Darkness* is a story of love and faith, people and
> perseverance, and all the uncertainties, challenges and blessings life
> throws at us. Sometimes difficult, sometimes funny, seldom a straight line.
> But never dull either. A  beautifully written memoir of people and places,
> and the indomitable human spirit. ****
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> “Well written.” “Inspirational.” “Four stars!”****
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> *In and Out of Darkness* ($9.99) is published as an e-book, available in
> several e-book formats, including Kindle, Apple iBooks for the iPad and
> other iOS devices, the Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony and other formats. ****
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> The book has 25 chapters arranged around four broad themes: Detours,
> Connections, Faith and Adversity.****
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> To sample or download *In and Out of Darkness*, go to ****
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> http://smashwords.com/b/256018<http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/256018>
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> Kindle direct link: ****
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> http://www.amazon.com/In-Out-Darkness-Gaining-ebook/dp/B00A937APQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353354211&sr=1-1&keywords=Gaining+insight
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