Overview
A revealing memoir of a family and a āwrenching journey into deafness from the standpoint of a mother, a wife, a daughter, a philosopher, and a Jewā (Ilan Stavans, author ofĀ On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language).
When her daughters were born deaf, Jennifer Rosner was stunned. Then she discovered a hidden history of deafness in her family, going back generations to the Jewish enclaves of Eastern Europe. Traveling back in time in her mind, she imagined her silent relatives, who showed surprising creativity in dealing with a world that preferred to ignore them.
Here, in a āgentle meditation on sound and silence, love and familyā Rosner shares her journey into the modern world of deafness, and the controversial decisions she and her husband made about hearing aids, cochlear implants and sign language (Publishers Weekly).
Punctuated by memories of being unheard, Rosnerās imaginative odyssey of dealing with her daughtersā deafness is at its heart a story of whether sheāa mother with perfect hearingācan ever truly hear her children.
This book title, If a Tree Falls (A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard), ISBN: 9781558616622, by Jennifer Rosner, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY (May 1, 2010) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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