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Violence
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No violence
Language
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No profanity
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
The early chapters describing Keller's isolation before Sullivan may be emotionally affecting
What this book is about
Written when she was 22, Helen Keller's autobiography describes her early years in darkness and silence after an illness at 19 months left her deaf and blind, and the miraculous arrival of Anne Sullivan, who opened the world to her through language. Keller's prose is graceful, her wonder at learning infectious, and her account of breaking through into communication remains one of the most inspiring stories in American memoir.
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Early chapters depict the isolation of being deaf-blind
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