The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life is Helen Keller's autobiography, and I became interested in reading it because we've been talking a lot about Helen Keller in our house recently.  (Emmeline was really into the Helen Keller DVD in the Animated Heroes series.)  Helen chronicles her life experiences from childhood through college and how she gained her knowledge and education.

This was a very interesting read, but it took me forever to get through.  I actually didn't finish the version of the book I got from the library--it had 3 parts.  Part 1 was Helen Keller's autobiography, part 2 was letters Helen had written, and part 3 was a "supplementary account" written by the book's editor.  The autobiography was very interesting--it's quite fascinating to read how a deaf-blind woman learned so much through her teacher and experiences.  I didn't know much about the details of her life (besides what was in Emmeline's DVD--ha), so this was really cool to read.  Part 2, the letters, was less engaging but still occasionally interesting.  By part 3, I just wasn't really interested anymore.  I figured that if I kept reading, I'd like the book even less, so it was better to stop while I was ahead.

Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)