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Selected as an "Editors Choice" by the Chicago Tribune

Lennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents. Gracefully slipping through memory, regret, longing, and redemption, My Sense of Silence is an eloquent remembrance of human ties and human failings.

My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press
    Publication Date: 09/06/2008
    ISBN13: 9780252075773, 978-0252075773
    ISBN10: 0252075773

    Number of Pages: 176

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    Selected as an "Editors Choice" by the Chicago Tribune

    Lennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents. Gracefully slipping through memory, regret, longing, and redemption, My Sense of Silence is an eloquent remembrance of human ties and human failings.

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