In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments xi Family Tree xiii Prologue  Part : My Beginnings  Hands   School Days  Part : The World of My Parents  School for Benny and Mary   A Deaf World   Mary   Mary and Benny, a Love Story   Benny   Benny and Ruthie  Part : Growing Up Hearing  Childhood Lost   When Other Children Die  ix  Prayer   The West Bronx   Benny, My Touchstone   High School   Fantasies   College  Part : Voices  My Deaf Family   Benny Dies   Mary  Epilogue  x Contents ...