We cant have a Disability Pride Month go by without the subject of sensitivity reading coming up.
This week on Outlook we speak with debut author Rachel Kelley Stones about her book: “Love Unseen”.
It was the Summer of No TV - Rachel grew up, her and her twin sister on a farm in Kentucky, when one television-free summer books became her entertainment and an immersive reading experience.
“It’s right there in the beginning of the book,” she says, “but I wanted readers to connect a little bit with the character, sighted readers, before they realize what sets her apart from themselves..”
She did the research, read their blogs, and wrote the book “Love Unseen” and we talk about what she learned throughout her research process writing a main character who is blind, how she decided to have a sensitivity reader for the book, and what it was like working with Kerry.
Find “Love Unseen” as an ebook/audiobook/paperback here:
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Unseen-Rachel-Kelley-Stones/dp/1524422991
Follow Rachel Kelley Stones on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/p/Rachel-Kelley-Stones-Author-100076948935534/