{"title":"Beth Finke","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"writing-out-loud-book-beth-finke-9780998442921","title":"Writing Out Loud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's never taught a class in her life. But when the City of Chicago calls on blind writer \u003cstrong\u003eBeth Finke\u003c\/strong\u003e to teach a memoir-writing class for older adults, she reluctantly agrees. What she learns about her students, their stories, and herself will move and inspire you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten the way Beth hears life, you will come to know and love Minerva, Wanda, Hannelore, and the whole colorful cast of characters who build a community around Beth's classes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerously sprinkled with excerpts in her students' own voices, Beth's book will convince you to get your own stories down on paper while there's still time. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHonest, lyrical, and funny . a beautifully-felt and deeply moving tribute to the ways sharing life stories can connect us with others, and sometimes, with ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003e Bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eStrong Women Stay Young\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49898231005457,"sku":"CIN0998442925G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50325478801681,"sku":"CIN0998442925VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52332917031185,"sku":"NLS9780998442921","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52741488804113,"sku":"NIN9780998442921","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0998442925.jpg?v=1751109984"},{"product_id":"jason-benetti-book-beth-finke-9781668928349","title":"Jason Benetti","description":"Say hello to sportscaster Jason Benetti, the voice of the Detroit Tigers, in this biography for early readers. This book examines his life and impact in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps young readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Developed in partnership with Easterseals and written by a member of the disability community, this title helps all readers learn from those who make a difference in our world. The My Itty-Bitty Bio series celebrates diversity, inclusion, and the values that readers of all ages can aspire to.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50096951263505,"sku":"CIN1668928345A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50106962149649,"sku":"CIN1668928345G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50703735488785,"sku":"CIN1668928345VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51045564154129,"sku":"NIN9781668928349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1668928345.jpg?v=1750721600"},{"product_id":"long-time-no-see-book-beth-finke-9780252072192","title":"Long Time, No See","description":"Long Time, No See is certainly an inspiring story, but Beth Finke does not aim to inspire. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, she charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Rejecting the label “courageous,” she prefers to describe herself using the phrase her mother invoked in times of difficulty: “She did what she had to do.”  With unflinching candor and acerbic wit, Finke chronicles the progress of the juvenile diabetes that left her blind at the age of twenty-six as well as the seemingly endless spiral of adversity that followed. First she was forced out of her professional job. Then she bore a multiply handicapped son. But she kept moving forward, confronting marital and financial problems and persevering through a rocky training period with a seeing-eye dog.  Finke’s life story and her commanding knowledge of her situation give readers a clear understanding of diabetes, blindness, and the issues faced by parents of children with significant disabilities. Because she has taken care to include accurate medical information as well as personal memoir, Long Time, No See serves as an excellent resource for others in similar situations and for professionals who deal with disabled adults or children.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50347333026065,"sku":"CIN0252072197G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51695230320913,"sku":"CIN0252072197VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0252072197.jpg?v=1778752633"},{"product_id":"hanni-and-beth-book-beth-finke-9780979291807","title":"Hanni and Beth","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50376238498065,"sku":"CIN0979291801G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0979291801.jpg?v=1751172670"},{"product_id":"long-time-no-see-book-beth-finke-9780252028274","title":"Long Time, No See","description":"A fascinating and inspiring biography of an extraordinary ordinary woman dealing with much more than a fair share of life's challenges.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50917381144849,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50917382324497,"sku":"CIN0252028279G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0252028279.jpg?v=1750877108"},{"product_id":"service-dogs-book-beth-finke-9781668909072","title":"Service Dogs","description":"This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This book explores service dogs and how they assist their handlers. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities, feature accessible text, and was developed in partnership with Easterseals who is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. Books include table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, and sidebars.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51720901820689,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51720901853457,"sku":"NIN9781668909072","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1668909073.png?v=1750800458"},{"product_id":"hanni-and-beth-safe-sound-book-beth-finke-9780979291814","title":"Hanni and Beth Safe  Sound","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53349409915153,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53349410210065,"sku":"CIN097929181XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780979291814.jpg?v=1774641842"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-beth-finke.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}