Looking Through a Keyhole
A Memoir

It’s axiomatic that we all have fears to overcome. Julia Spencer can lay a more valid claim to having concerns. She discovered a few years ago that she would soon be blind from retinosa pigmentosa. This corporate sales executive who led an active life in New York had to face the fact that she’d have......more

A very honest conversational memoir; refreshingly up-to-date. I did not want to put this book down. Julia Spencer is a writer I want to read again. Such courage and humour. This is a great story about adjusting to crisis and learning to cope, as much as it is about the beauty of long-term love. I en......more

Entertaining, informative, and engaging. An excellent read for anyone who has or is going through any major life altering event. Julia Spencer is relatable on a variety of levels, and provides insight to both the fears and the joys that we all experience at some time. It is a story of sadness, of an......more

Thank you to Goodreads for the opportunity to read this book. I have often wondered what it would be like to be blind - or near blind - and sincerely hope that the worst I ever have to do is wear reading glasses. Julia writes this book in a very matter of fact, yet personal, manner and I felt like I......more