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Unable to convince her family and desirable fiancé that she is going blind, early 19th-century Italian contessa Carolina Fantoni turns to her dreams and an eccentric local inventor when she loses her sight, inspiring the inventor's development of the first typewriter. A first novel.

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Carolina Fantoni, a young contessa in nineteenth-century Italy, is going blind. But nobody believes her: neither her parents, nor her fiancé, the town's most sought-after bachelor. Only her friend Turri, the eccentric local inventor, understands. But as darkness erases her world, Carolina discovers one place she can still see - in her dreams. In them, she can not only see, but fly, exploring new worlds in her own mind. Losing her sight isolates Carolina. Even writing letters with pen and ink proves almost impossible - until Turri invents a new machine: the world's first typewriter. His gift ignites a passionate love affair that will mark both of their lives forever. Based on the true story of the blind woman who inspired the invention of the typewriter, The Blind Contessa's New Machine is an iridescent jewel of a novel that celebrates the triumph of the imagination and proves that love is the mother of invention.
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Carey Wallace grew up in a small town in Michigan. She has worked as a waitress, art studio manager, private biographer, and lady's maid to an automotive heiress. The founder of The Hillbilly Underground-a retreat that draws international artists to rural Michigan-she lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is her first novel.

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  • PublisherPamela Dorman Books
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 067002189X
  • ISBN 13 9780670021895
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages207
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