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Title: A Loss for Words : The Story of Deafness in a Family by Lou Ann Walker ISBN: 0-06-091425-4 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 23 September, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I am studying American Sign Language and we were instructed to read a book about Deaf culture for a book review. I just happened to pick A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker and it was great! Very easy to read and easy to understand, even for someone like me who has not grown up within the Deaf community. It's a very fast read and it is very interesting. It is so informative of the way that a hearing child grows up with Deaf parents. It was amazing to see how her family affected her life and her choices, expanding even to the decisions that she made regarding her career! I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about Deaf culture.
Rating: 5
Summary: What a small world
Comment: I thought this book was an excellent book. It touched me in so many ways, i can't describe it. I told my mother about this story, and she cried. It had such an impact on my family. I too have deaf parents, and the what's so weird, is that my life is very, very similar to Lou Ann's. It's a real page turner, and i think anyone interested in deafness, or the hearing child's perspective should read this book. This book is a book that is worth sharing and reading over and over again... I guarantee it!
Rating: 4
Summary: Window into another way of life
Comment: This book details the life story of hearing child raised by deaf parents. It gives a remarkable account of the special challenges faced by deaf people in a hearing world, and of the petty bigotries that they face every day. It also answers many questions- -how can deaf parents deal with a hearing child? What is it like for a hearing child to grow up in a deaf family? Walker found her life greatly affected by her parents' deafness. As soon as she could talk, she found herself translating for her parents, helping them fill out forms, and correcting their written English. Nevertheless, I couldn't help feeling that some of the discomfort that she attributes to her parents' deafness may have more to do with her own personality and general upbringing. For example, the story of her leaving the Midwest to go off to Harvard is repeated over again every year, not only by children of deaf parents, but also children of farmers, factory workers, and drug dealers. No matter who their parents are, it takes quite a bit of adjustment to learn to survive in Cambridge. How different would Walker's life had been if she had known other children like herself in her extended family or neighborhood? Perhaps she might not have felt so isolated, so strange. No family situation is perfect- -each family has its own unique features. This is the story of what works for one family.
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Title: Train Go Sorry : Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen ISBN: 0679761659 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 25 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Deaf Like Me by Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley ISBN: 0930323114 Publisher: Gallaudet Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: In This Sign by Joanne Greenberg ISBN: 0805007229 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture by Carol Padden, Tom Humphries ISBN: 0674194241 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Journey into the Deaf-World by Harlan L. Lane, Robert Hoffmeister, Ben Bahan, Benjamin J. Bahan ISBN: 0915035634 Publisher: Independent Publishers Group Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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