On My Own: The Journey Continues

Sally Hobart Alexander

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1997 165 pages

Genre: Nonfiction and Biography

Reading Level: Young Adult

Summary:This is an autobiography that is an continuation of Taking Hold, and chronicles Sally Hobart’s journey to become fully independent as a blind person. She starts her job at the Blind Rehabilitation Guild as a teacher, but she leaves when she feels discriminated against for being the only blind person on the staff. She goes onto graduate school, first studying English literature, and then counseling to get her PhD in social work. She meets and marries Bob Alexander.

Response: I liked this book a lot. I really admire her independence.