Many of you know Helen Keller as the ‘miracle’. The def/blind/mute that graduated from the prestigious Radcliffe College in Cambridge Massachusetts.
Keller toured the country telling the story of her life, giving lectures, and motivational speeches to thousands. But the story we didn’t get to hear was the one of how she fell in love.
In this fictional account of Keller’s love affair with her secretary Peter Fagan, the audience is treated to a unique world of people with disabilities who struggle to live normal lives.
Keller first meets Fagan when her long time companion, Annie Sullivan, grows ill on a tour. Fagan is dispatched to be Keller’s secretary but after meeting him, Keller is infatuated by him.
Both Keller and Fagan are socialists and opposed to the Great War. They are outspoken and find they have a lot in common. Fagan makes Keller feel things that she knows she shouldn’t–feelings that she should fight.
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