{"product_id":"book-atcu","title":"Twilight","description":"In 1992, when Henry Grunwald missed a glass into which he was pouring water, he assumed that he needed new eyeglasses, not that the incident was a harbinger of darker times. But in fact Grunwald was entering the early stages of macular degeneration -- a gradual loss of sight that affects almost 15 million Americans yet remains poorly understood and is, so far, incurable. Now, in \u003cb\u003eTwilight\u003c\/b\u003e, Grunwald chronicles his experience of disability: the clouding of his sight, and the daily struggle to overcome its physical and psychological implications; the discovery of what medicine can and cannot do to restore sight; his compulsion to understand how the eye works, its evolution, and its symbolic meaning in culture and art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrunwald gives us an autobiography of the eye -- his visual awakening as a child and young man, and again as an older man who, facing the loss of sight, feels a growing wonder at the most ordinary acts of seeing. This is a story not merely about seeing but about living; not merely about losing sight but about gaining insight. It is a remarkable meditation.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49337651069232,"sku":"BDatcu","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/183452-atcu-Square.jpg?v=1733974079","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-atcu","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}