Contents

Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

Introduction by Art Garfunkel 

Part 1: Day & Night

1. Stranger on a Train 

2. Survival Skills 

3. Brighter Days 

4. The Seduction of the Mind 

5. My Shadow Education 

6. Shots Across the Bow 

7. “Son, You Are Going to Be Blind Tomorrow” 

Part 2: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

8. Lights Out 

9. A Walk on the Wild Side 

10. The Blind Senior 

11. Tough Love 

12. Moving Forward 

13. Paying Back 

Part 3: Tikkun Olam

14. The Start of Something Big 

15. The Beauty of Small Things 

16. Road Tripping 

17. My Blindness Balance Sheet: Debits 

18. My Blindness Balance Sheet: Assets 

19. Speak, Memory 

20. No Man Is an Island 

21. A Promise That Cannot Be Broken 

22. Old Friends Sat on the Park Bench Like Bookends 

23. My Big Party 

Epilogue: To End Blindness Forever 

The Final Word by Margaret Atwood 

Acknowledgments 

End Notes