Hello Darkness, My Old Friend

How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man’s Blindness into an Extraordinary Vision for Life

By: Sanford D. Greenberg, Art Garfunkel - introduction

Narrated by: Art Garfunkel

As seen on the Today Show and as featured in People magazine!

The remarkable and inspiring story of a Columbia undergrad from a poor Jewish family who, after losing his eyesight to disease during his junior year, finds the power to break through the darkness and fulfill his vision for a life of great professional success and distinguished public service.

It’s a bitterly cold February in 1961, and Sandy Greenberg lies in a hospital bed in Detroit, newly blind. A junior at Columbia University from a Jewish family that struggled to stay above the poverty line, Sandy had just started to see the world open up to him. Now, instead of his plans for a bright future - Harvard Law and politics - Sandy faces a new reality, one defined by a cane or companion dog, menial work, and a cautious path through life.

But that’s not how this story ends.

In the depth of his new darkness, Sandy faces a choice - play it “safe” by staying in his native Buffalo or return to Columbia to pursue his dreams. With the loving devotion of his girlfriend (and now wife) Sue and the selflessness of best friends Art Garfunkel and Jerry Speyer, Sandy endures unimaginable adversity while forging a life of exceptional achievement.

From his time in the White House working for President Lyndon B. Johnson to his graduate studies at Harvard and Oxford under luminaries such as Archibald Cox, Sir Arthur Goodhart, and Samuel Huntington, and through the guidance of his invaluable mentor David Rockefeller, Sandy fills his life and the lives of those around him with a radiant light of philanthropy, entrepreneurship, art, and innovation.

©2020 Sanford D. Greenberg (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Among the best and most inspirational memoirs I’ve ever read

This is truly a treasure. Sandy’s story is an inspiration to people with all kinds of limitations. True, he is an exceptional human being. Not everyone has the intellect and character that he possesses. But we do not have to let our limitations define us. Art Garfunkel‘s reading was truly wonderful. And the fact that they have been such a close lifelong friends makes it even more meaningful. Thank you Audible for this unforgettable experience.

Inspiring, heart-warming, poetic

So so good. Poetic and powerful. A story for the ages of perseverance, hope and friendship through the incredible challenges face by Greenberg.

Good story of perseverance

Very interesting and inspiring story; great beginning and middle; in my humble opinion the writer becomes a bit boastful toward the end, i.e., whom he knows, (big wigs in politics and American culture). Also a lot politically-leaning (there are no surprises about the author’s political affiliation etc, still) - many readers don’t share the same love and reverence about certain former presidents or politicians.

great and inspiring book

this is a wonderfully inspiring book. i would def recommend it to my friends. i enjoyed both the book and the narrating

Powerful

This narrative speaks to the reader on so many levels—it transcends simply being a biography of Greenberg’s life.