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Children of deaf parents United States Biography Children of deaf parents United States Biography Juvenile literature Deaf Family relationships United States Case studies Deaf Family relationships United States Case studies Juvenile literature Deaf parents United States Biography Deaf parents United States Biography Juvenile literature Uhlberg, MyronUhlberg, Myron
Summary: Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being unintelligent. In this young reader adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, Hands of My Father, Uhlberg recalls the daily difficulties and hidden joys of growing up as the intermediary between his parents’ silent world and the world of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 UHLUhlberg, Myron.
Summary: By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Myron Uhlberg's memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents--and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2008