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Introducing Susan Vreeland's
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What Love Sees
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Can a blind couple raise four children on a ranch? Meeting these people in 1983 convinced
me that they could. I felt compelled to share their lives.
What Love Sees is my first novel, published in 1988 and out of print except as a large print
edition since 1991. I'm thrilled to have RosettaBooks bring it back, this time as an ebook and
a print-on-demand edition.
Here's the story:
Jean Treadway, a young, cultured New England woman whose every material need is supplied by wealthy,
overprotective parents "meets" through arranged correspondence Forrest Holly, a dirt-poor Southern
California rancher whose spiritual foundation turns despair into purpose.
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Forrest Holly in front of Ramona cabin.
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As different as they are in background, they share two things: their blindness and their determination
to live an active, normal life and raise a family.
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Jean with Guide Dog Chiang.
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While Jean was among the first women to use a Seeing Eye dog on urban streets in the late 1930's,
Forrest used a seeing eye bull and his horses to guide him on the ranch in the 1940's.
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Forrest with calf, 1943.
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As they discover each other through letters that have to be read to them, his earnestness and
folksy humor win her heart.
Their four children, each with a distinct individuality, provide challenges, frustrations,
and occasions for tenderness. Through tears and laughter, tragedy and triumph, they all learn
Forrest's doctrine that "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
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Family in front of adobe house.
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