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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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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New. A beautifully told and unique recollection of life as the child of immigrant Jews in the Bronx and as the child of deaf parents Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. 2008. Reprint. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
