A Loss For Words The Story Of Deafness In A Family
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A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family is Lou Ann Walker’s memoir about growing up as the hearing child of profoundly deaf parents. It describes her early responsibility as an interpreter in medical, business and everyday situations, alongside the warmth of family life and the misunderstandings they encountered outside the home.
A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family is Lou Ann Walker’s memoir about growing up as the hearing child of profoundly deaf parents. It describes her early responsibility as an interpreter in medical, business and everyday situations, alongside the warmth of family life and the misunderstandings they encountered outside the home.
- Offers a personal perspective on life in a deaf family through the author’s direct experience.
- Explores family relationships, communication and the responsibilities placed on a child.
- Offers a personal perspective on life in a deaf family through the author’s direct experience.
- Explores family relationships, communication and the responsibilities placed on a child.
- Balances difficult experiences with descriptions of a loving family life.
- −The subject matter includes social rejection and the loss of a conventional childhood, which may feel emotionally heavy.
- −Readers seeking a comprehensive history of deafness may find the memoir’s personal focus limited in scope.
- −The subject matter includes social rejection and the loss of a conventional childhood, which may feel emotionally heavy.
- −Readers seeking a comprehensive history of deafness may find the memoir’s personal focus limited in scope.
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