TY - BOOK N2 - The Stolen Light is the real life story of Ved Mehta, a young man attending college in California in the 1950s. N2 - The college years are a challenging time in anyone's life, but Mehta faced particular difficulties. He was an Indian in the United States, a Hindu in a Christian environment, a dark-skinned man surrounded by white people, and he was blind. With compelling honesty, and touches of humor, Mehta describes his struggles to live an ordinary college life--dating, riding a bicycle, keeping up with his studies--while dealing with extraordinary obstacles. AB - The Stolen Light is the real life story of Ved Mehta, a young man attending college in California in the 1950s. AB - The college years are a challenging time in anyone's life, but Mehta faced particular difficulties. He was an Indian in the United States, a Hindu in a Christian environment, a dark-skinned man surrounded by white people, and he was blind. With compelling honesty, and touches of humor, Mehta describes his struggles to live an ordinary college life--dating, riding a bicycle, keeping up with his studies--while dealing with extraordinary obstacles. T1 - The stolen light / DA - ©2009. CY - West Berlin, NJ : AU - Mehta, Ved, AU - Johnson, Beth, ET - Abridged [ed.]. CN - HV1792.M4 CN - IEP HV1792.M4 PB - Townsend Press, PP - West Berlin, NJ : PY - ©2009. N1 - "Abridged by Beth Johnson." ID - 771752 KW - Blind KW - College students KW - English language KW - Readers for new literates. SN - 9781591940951 SN - 1591940958 TI - The stolen light / ER -