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At nineteen years old, Nicole C. Kears biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctors office in midtown Manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. She is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before Lights Out. Instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, Kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. She joins circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these hi-jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret.When Kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her visions expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. Her secret, though, is harder to surrender - and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden.
About the Author
Nicole C. Kear is the author of the chapter book series The Fix-It Friends as well as the middle grade novel Foreverland, and she's co-author of the middle grade series The Startup Squad. She's also author of the memoir Now I See You (St. Martin's Press) , chosen as a Must-Read by People, Amazon, Martha Stewart Living, Parade, Redbook, and Marie Claire UK among others. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, New York, Psychology Today, Parents, as well as Salon, the Huffington Post and xoJane, and she teaches writing classes at the Columbia University and at NYU SPS. A native of New York, she received a BA from Yale, a MA from Columbia, and a red nose from the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, three children and teddy bear hamster. More information can be found on nicolekear.com, and on thestartupsquad.com and fixitfriendsbooks.com.
