Goodreads synopsis: Critically acclaimed and the winner of numerous awards — including USA Today’s 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century — And There Was Light is a vivid, inspiring account of an extraordinary man’s life without sight. Blinded at the age of eight by a freak accident, Jacques Lusseyran becomes a youth leader in the French Resistance during World War II. While still in his teens, he is arrested and sent to Buchenwald, where he serves his fellow prisoners as translator and disseminator of information, never giving in to despair. His refusal to let blindness cripple him shines through his writing as he describes the inner light that guides him. Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Martin Scorsese, And There Was Light appears here in a compelling audio version. Andre Gregory's thoughtful, unsentimental reading movingly conveys the author's indomitable strength in the face of impossible conditions.
My rating: 4 stars.
Content warnings: PG. Some mention of a traumatic injury, and mild talk about the occupation of France in WWII.
My thoughts: This book is really beautiful, and it's definitely worth the read. Even when talking about terrible things that happened, or that someone else would write about as a horrible thing, Lusseyran's faith shines through everything he speaks about, and forces the reader to reconsider how they think about their own lives. I would highly suggest it.
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