Cockeyed: A Memoir
 

Cockeyed: A Memoir

by Ryan Knighton

On his 18th birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a congenital, progressive disease marked by night-blindness, tunnel vision and, eventually, total blindness. In this penetrating, nervy memoir, which ricochets between meditation and black comedy, Knighton tells the story of his fifteen-year descent into blindness while incidentally revealing the world of... (read more)

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i enjoyed this fast-paced memoir of a young man who attempts to deny his increasing blindness. it made me laugh out loud in a few places.a coming of age story really, a coming to terms story of accepting who you are, a good read.

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