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Beautifully Unread: My Journey With Dyslexia Through Resilience and Creativity

by Hillary Summerbell

A memoir shaped by dyslexia and a new way of seeing text

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A memoir shaped by dyslexia and a new way of seeing text

Hillary Summerbell’s memoir traces her experience of growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia and finding ways to work with a mind that her school environment did not understand. The account connects that history with her later accomplishments in design and education, then turns to the discovery that curved text helped her read. That experience leads into the Summerbell Positional Reading Arc, making the book both a personal narrative and an introduction to the approach. Its subjects include the effects of educational systems on people with dyslexia, creative adaptation, and the search for reading access.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in memoirs about dyslexia and neurodiversity
  • Readers curious about approaches to reading accessibility and text presentation
  • Educators interested in the author’s account of dyslexia and the Summerbell Positional Reading Arc

Themes

Dyslexia and neurodiversityEducational experienceCreativity and adaptationReading accessibility

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Book overview

**This book is presented in both standard and Summerbell Program curved text!**

 

For fifty years, the world told Hillary Summerbell her brilliant mind was broken.

 

Pulled from classrooms, marked in red, and quietly shuffled toward failure, Hillary grew up with undiagnosed dyslexia - retreating into imagination and design to survive a system that had no language for the way she saw the world.

 

Then she rewrote her story.

 

From summa cum laude graduate to sought-after interior designer, Hillary's life became one of relentless reinvention. But her most electrifying chapter arrived in 2019, when a single moment of clarity led her to a breakthrough: curving text on a page allowed her to read - truly read - for the first time. Now teachers who have used the Summerbell Positional Reading Arc describe it as "watching struggling students put on glasses."

 

Part memoir, part manifesto, Beautifully Unread is essential reading for the 1 in 5 Americans with dyslexia - and for anyone who has ever been told they weren't enough.

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"When I first started working with Hillary, I thought her approach was exciting and new. I couldn't wait to share it with students because I knew it was really going to work for them." - Amy Aden Dunn

 

"Summerbell applies a stunning aesthetic to text which allows readers to visualize and comprehend the written word in a completely different manner. This exciting approach supports everything from Word decoding to fluency and comprehension." - Audrey Dolginoff

 

"The Summerbell method is extremely approachable and is instantly effective for all learning styles. Many of my students have a difficult time comprehending material because they use 100% of their working memory on decoding words. This program makes it much easier to decide and builds fluency, which allows them to comprehend" - Julia Carpenter

 

"As soon as I saw Summerbell, I knew it would be effective in transforming text for my students and improving their reading. With the ease-of-use through the chrome extension, it is a program. I am excited to use with my students of all ages, from kindergarten to 12th grade." - Michelle Michlik

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