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In This Sign (Owl Books)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1301221 in Books
- Published on: 1984-08-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Two deaf individuals leave an insensitive home for the handicapped to find a life for themselves.
Customer Reviews
Can a true portrayal of life keep you reading? Yes!
This book has a strange impact on the soul. It's a story thatmight be described as about deafness, since it's the story of deaf couple, their hearing daughter, and their struggles through life. And yet the comment I hear most frequently about this book--from old and young, women and men, those who can hear and those who can't--is this: "I could relate." It was the same way with me. As I read this book I kept thinking..."that's like my family--thats like MY parents--that's like me." This book isn't JUST about deafness...it's about what separates us, about the walls we put up around ourselves and how to break them down. The characters aren't heroic and they aren't extraordinary. They live, go to work, go to school, cry, laugh, have children, make and lose friends...and you can't put their story down because it's too much like yours. I never wanted to read about life, just life, until I saw it so well portrayed.
