{"product_id":"life-unseen-by-selina-mills-9781848856905","title":"Life Unseen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eImagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalised over the centuries? And why is blindness so frightening?\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating historical adventure, broadcaster and author Selina Mills takes us on a journey through the history of blindness in Western culture to discover that blindness is not so dark after all. Inspired by her own experience of losing her sight as she forged a successful journalistic career, \u003ci\u003eLife Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e takes us through a personal and unsentimental historical quest through the lives, stories and achievements of blind people - as well as those sighted people who sought to patronise, demonise and fix them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the blind poet Homer, through the myths and moralising of early medieval culture to the scientific and medical discoveries of the Enlightenment and modern times, the story of blindness turns out to be a story of our whole culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849504739564,"sku":"9781848856905","price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7210713482846.jpg?v=1759047474","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/life-unseen-by-selina-mills-9781848856905","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}