Seniors Program Chicago – Book Club – Call-In Only: The Beauty of Dusk: on Vision Lost & Found
This program will take place over-the-phone.
Please direct all program inquiries and RSVPs to Melissa Wittenberg at T: (847) 510-2060 or melissa.wittenberg@chicagolighthouse.org.
CALL-IN INSTRUCTIONS: After you RSVP for any/all programs that you’d like to participate in, here’s how to call into each of the programs – we will use the same call-in number for all programs: To join any of the programs over-the-phone, dial 872-242-7995. It will then ask you to enter the Conference ID 737 107 407 followed by #. It will ask if you are the meeting organizer and since you are not, continue waiting and shortly after that you will be admitted into the program.
Most participants will use the free Talking Books player. The audio book player will be mailed to you at no cost, as well as all audio books. We can help you complete an application if you are not yet enrolled in the program. Please RSVP to Melissa in advance of the program at: (847) 510-2060.
Melissa Wittenberg chose the memoir, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost & Found by Frank Bruni. TBBS Book #DBC16707, listening time, 9 hours. RSVP to Melissa at: (847) 510-2060.
One morning in late 2017, the New York Times columnist woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience.
Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off blood to one of his optic nerves, rendering him functionally blind in that eye—forever. And he soon learned from doctors that the same disorder could ravage his left eye, too. He could lose his sight altogether. In The Beauty of Dusk, Bruni hauntingly recounts his adjustment to this daunting reality, a medical & spiritual odyssey that involved not only reappraising his own priorities but also reaching out to, & gathering wisdom from, longtime friends & new acquaintances who had navigated their own traumas & afflictions. Confronting unexpected hardship, he felt more blessed than ever before. There was vision lost. There was also vision found.
RSVP with Melissa at: (847) 510-2060.
