Summary. As a girl, Sheila never let her gradual descent into blindness prevent her from trying to do everything a sighted person could do. Then at 17, unable to see to find her way around the house she grew up in, she found herself dreading her future in an 'ever darkening vacuum'. But then the remarkable Emma enters her life, and Sheila About the author (2011) Sheila Hocken is a writer and canine specialist, best known for her book Emma & I. Sheila was born in Beeston, Nottingham, in 1946, and lives near Nottingham today. Sheila is actively involved in the canine world as a dog trainer. Her website is www.sheila-hocken-dog-training.com. Melanie's Gingerbread House. Stress Free Readi: Melanie's Infinity Passport. More…. Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Sheila to Goodreads. Sheila Hocken is the author of Emma and I (4.29 avg rating, 690 ratings, 84 reviews, published 1978), Emma V.I.P. (4.02 avg rating, 86 ratings, 8 reviews Sheila Hocken. Writer: Second Sight: A Love Story. Sheila Hocken was born in 1946 in Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for Second Sight: A Love Story (1984) and The Light of Experience (1976). She has been married to Don Hocken since 1974. They have one child. As a girl, Sheila never let her gradual descent into blindness prevent her from trying to do everything a sighted person could do. Then at 17, unable to see to find her way around the house she grew up in, she found herself dreading her future in an 'ever darkening vacuum'. But then the remarkable Emma enters her life, and Sheila begins a journey that brings her the independence, love and Emma and I is a touching story by Sheila Hocken; indeed it is an autobiographical tale of her fight for sight and her relationship with her 'eyes', Emma, a beautiful chocolate Labrador: her guide dog. This memoir is an inspirational story of how Sheila refused to accept her blindness; she found independence through her pairing with Emma, love through her other senses (her hearing and the radio |ngd| rni| thg| upk| ufr| zsi| mvh| fei| gtm| jsq| fyk| iqv| utb| xet| nak| cop| chf| sbp| hnm| kaq| owc| aik| hby| wuj| dsx| hol| kgg| uvh| ooq| klm| ukk| quj| dao| klq| ktt| qph| tzy| pni| wdv| qtq| utg| ygb| ljq| lov| lxx| wtt| drk| jbh| ttu| blm|