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Concerned about aspects of her romantic relationships, Donna McDonald consulted with a psychologist who asked, “‘Your hearing loss must have had a big impact on you?” At age 45, with a successful career in social work policy, McDonald took umbrage at the question. Then, she realized that she never had addressed the personal barrier she had constructed between her deaf-self and her hearing persona. In the Art of Being Deaf, she traces her long, arduous pursuit of finding out exactly who she was.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Prologue: Through the Eyes of a Child
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Part One
  1. 1. Deaf
  2. pp. 3-12
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  1. 2. Reunions
  2. pp. 13-26
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  1. 3. Wrong Snow
  2. pp. 27-32
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  1. 4. A Great Big Wash of Tears
  2. pp. 33-44
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  1. Part Two
  1. 5. Talk Speak Words Sign
  2. pp. 47-60
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  1. 6. A Six-Month Plan
  2. pp. 61-74
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  1. 7. Music Lessons
  2. pp. 75-82
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  1. 8. But My Eyes Still See
  2. pp. 83-98
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  1. 9. In the Beginning Was the Word
  2. pp. 99-106
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  1. 10. The Best of Both Worlds
  2. pp. 107-124
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  1. 11. Work
  2. pp. 125-138
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  1. 12. Talking about Deafness
  2. pp. 139-148
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  1. 13. Falling for His Line
  2. pp. 149-150
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  1. 14. Will I Still Be Deaf When I Grow Up?
  2. pp. 151-158
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  1. Part Three
  1. 15. Shattered
  2. pp. 161-166
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  1. 16. All Grown Up Now
  2. pp. 167-178
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  1. 17. A Reluctant Memoirist
  2. pp. 179-192
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  1. Epilogue: The Sleeper Awakes
  2. pp. 193-194
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  1. References Cited
  2. pp. 195-196
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 197-198
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