Matthew R. Harris

Hearing What Amy Sees

Revisado: 02-14-16

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It is such a blessing that Amy Bovaird’s book, Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith, is now available in an audio version. This will be a valuable format for anyone whose visual impairment won’t allow them to read printed material. I also have Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and can relate to the struggles Amy writes about. I can still read printed books on Kindle Fire when I darken the background and enlarge and whiten the text. Last year, I read Amy’s book on my Kindle and was moved by her story. I know how she feels about not wanting to pick up that cane. It’s a psychological hurdle that most people who lose sight gradually must overcome. I enjoyed the literary voice that Amy brings to her printed book and the audio voice that Sandy Weaver Carmen brings to the audio version. It gives Amy’s work an added layer of meaning to hear her visual mishaps in action. She mixes humor and wit with pertinent information that makes her book a highly recommendable read not only for visually impaired people but also for sighted people as well. I wish Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith was around when I was diagnosed with RP back in 1981.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Mobility Matters?

When Amy's mobility instructor came to her house, and she realized he was totally blind, I could feel her anxiousness about her travel plans, which included a trip through the neighborhood tapping her cane and wearing sleep shades.

Have you listened to any of Sandy Weaver Carman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This is the first performance I have heard. She did a fabulous job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened to it on several different occasions and enjoyed it very much.

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