The intimate story of two women whose lives were bound together in a unique relationship marked by genius, dependence & love. Lash traces Anne Sullivan's early years in a Massachusetts poorhouse, describes her meeting with Helen Keller in Alabama, & goes on to recount the joint events of their lives: Helen's childhood experiences, education at Radcliffe, & work in vaudeville, politics & for the blind. This definitive biography concludes with Helen's final years without Anne Sullivan Macy.