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The Feel of Silence

Resource Type

Book

Description

"In this witty, warm, and sensitive memoir, a successful lawyer and professor recalls her life as a child, student, wife, mother, and grandmother. Tucker had to battle against all odds because she also happened to be profoundly deaf. In a poignant, compelling manner, she recounts how she accommodated to the hearing world, becoming a skilled lipreader without learning sign language and never meeting another deaf person until her mid-thirties. Again and again, Tucker emphasizes how important it was for her to be in the mainstream of society and to be involved with life, despite the many difficult choices her disability caused. The humor, anger, sadness, victory, and frustration she expresses combine to leave readers with a refreshing understanding of hearing loss. Recommended for general readers." -Library Journal (Emily Ferren, Carroll Cty. P.L., Westminster, Md.) Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ages

All Ages

Languages

English

ISBN

1566393515

Author

Bonnie P. Tucker

Publication

1995 Temple University Press

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