| Author: | Eleanor Hodgman Porter | ISBN: | 1230001390445 |
| Publisher: | Green Bird Press | Publication: | October 18, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eleanor Hodgman Porter |
| ISBN: | 1230001390445 |
| Publisher: | Green Bird Press |
| Publication: | October 18, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In the days before World War I, young Keith Burton, to his terror, finds his eyesight growing dim. The boy lives alone with his absent-minded and unsuccessful artist father and their strong-minded, poetry-writing housekeeper, Susan Betts. He is sustained through the horror of coming blindness largely by the cheerfulness and self-composed poetry of Susan Betts, the neighbor's "hired girl." After he is totally blind and grown up, of course he falls hopelessly in love but wouldn't be a burden. He finds consolation in work for blinded soldiers and the girl. After an illuminating conversation with Susan, things change.
In the days before World War I, young Keith Burton, to his terror, finds his eyesight growing dim. The boy lives alone with his absent-minded and unsuccessful artist father and their strong-minded, poetry-writing housekeeper, Susan Betts. He is sustained through the horror of coming blindness largely by the cheerfulness and self-composed poetry of Susan Betts, the neighbor's "hired girl." After he is totally blind and grown up, of course he falls hopelessly in love but wouldn't be a burden. He finds consolation in work for blinded soldiers and the girl. After an illuminating conversation with Susan, things change.
