A truly remarkable and important book

One of the best reads (listens) of my life. It gave me so many things...
The first was an understanding of what it is (or can be) like to lose one’s sight. I’ve read biographies of blinded people before, but nothing like this. I was awestruck and inspired to learn what Jacques was able to experience once he lest go of the absence of seeing, and no longer focused on what he had lost. Wow.
I also learned so much about the start of WWII in France, and the roots of the French Resistance, that was new to me. I never thought I would find personal the story of one of its creators. This is important and moving history.
Of course, how one survives a concentration camp is always almost beyond belief... yet each story is unique. I learned so much about finding strength within, and how one can find the strength to go one, to sustain one’s own life, when there is truly nothing left. It seems like an understatement to say I am inspired... but this book does give me hope, and courage to face whatever life may hold. If faced with even a tenth of what Jacques faced, it can be possible for one to live on, with one’s spirit intact, or refound, or recreated.
One tip: don’t be put off by the quality of the recording; I gather it was made a long time ago. I’d rather have this version than none at all.
I would gladly buy an unabridged version if Audible were to create it.

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