The Lion's Roar: Ep. 11, Special Edition for April 10, 2009

In this edition we will hear from Carmella Broome. On Thursday, March 26, 2009, from noon to 1pm, professional counselor Carmella Broome discussed her first book at the South Carolina Center for the Book. Carmella, who has been legally blind since birth, has written "Carmella's Quest: Taking on College Sight Unseen," which chronicles her first year at North Greenville University in upstate South Carolina. The book is published by and available through Red Letter Press of Columbia. Throughout the twenty-six chapters of this straight-forward memoir, Carmella describes her efforts to adjust to college life and academics, friendships and romantic relationships, struggles with accepting her visual limitations, and other experiences that took place during the 1994-1995 academic year. The South Carolina Center for the Book is the South Carolina Affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and is a cooperative project of the South Carolina State Library, the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and the Humanities Council SC. The Center is located at 1430 Senate in Columbia. In May, the Lion's Roar will get back to featuring South Carolina library news. In the mean time, we hope you enjoy hearing from South Carolina authors.