The prospects of life seemed bleak for Anne Sullivan when she received Captain Keller's offer to teach his daughter, Helen. The challenge was formidable as the child was deaf, dumb, and blind. But, threatened with blindness herself, and terrified of having to return to the grim institution that had been her home, it was an answer to Anne's prayers.

Out of the tumultuous first days, Anne Sullivan brought order to the life of the tormented girl and through the sense of touch, illuminated it with the power of communication. The specter of poverty, the discouragements and triumphs, Anne's own unsuccessful marriage, all served only to strengthen the bond between Helen Keller and her "other self."

Lorena Hickok traces the moving course of the extraordinary relationship that developed between teacher and pupil in a book that cannot fail to stir the hearts of readers.

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