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BY ANDREW CARTER


Helen Keller’s secret love life is available at bookstores near you. A once-absent account of Helen Keller’s life is revealed in author Rosie Sultan’s eye opening novel titled “Helen Keller In Love.”

 

ABC News says the book was...

“... inspired by a recent biography that suggested Keller had a love affair in her 30s, became secretly engaged and tried to elope with the man she loved.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer  says adding another layer to Keller’s well documented and celebrated life won’t sit well with everyone.

“The book will surely prompt controversy. Some reviews criticize the book for placing a stain on Helen Keller's reputation. How difficult to take a slice of a high-profile person's life and turn it into a novel.”

After writing the book, Sultan blogged for Huffington Post stating what she believes is Keller’s real untold story.

“...‘her triumph over multiple disabilities and her enormous celebrity had trapped her within a constricting saintliness and an image of purity. Though she could speak up about equality...she was not granted the rights she sought for others.’”

The novel is Sultan’s first and was published on April 26th.