Beyond the Red Door |  | Author: Janet Shaw
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 5749132
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1741143195
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9781741143195
ASIN: 1741143195
Publication Date: May 28, 2005
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The remarkable life of Janet Shaw, a disabled competitive cyclist, is detailed in this inspirational autobiography. Adopted as a baby and diagnosed with a malignant eye disease shortly thereafter, Janet has struggled to live an ordinary life. In this book, she relates her childhood challenges at the school for the blind, her recent efforts to find her birth parents, her triumphant successes in the cycling world, and the revelation that her birth father is prominent Australian television personality Terry Willesee.
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Excellent November 21, 2007
Iris (Perth, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book....To me, loss of vision would be the worst disability to suffer.
Janet lost one eye as a baby due to cancer, and was told she would lose vision in the other eye in the near future. She was put into a blind school (which had a red door) when she was a child, and didn't understand why she was there. She was 33 when she finally lost her other eye - it had finally succumbed to the aggressive radiation that she was given as a child.
Janet was also adopted as a baby, and wanted to find her natural parents to see if the retinoblastoma was hereditary. When she was 18, she met her mother, who said she didn't want anything to do with her. Her father is a high-profile media personality in Australia. He finally accepted Janet as his daughter, and they now keep in regular contact.
This book is about Janet's journey through her childhood, and into adulthood with a vision disability. Worthwhile reading.
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