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- Voyage to the Island
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- 1990
- Published by: Gallaudet University Press
summary
Raija Nieminen, a deaf woman from Finland, had been leading a very full life as both a librarian and mother of two children. Then her husband Jukka won an exciting new job designing the harbor in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Raija suddenly needed to start her life over again in a small, hot, developing country where both the hearing and deaf populations used languages foreign to her.
Voyage to the Island recounts the remarkable story of how she adjusted to a strange, exotic island, first by seeking out other deaf persons and learning their sign language. Later, she met Alfonso, a deaf child and an orphan, and realized that he was only one of many deaf children who needed her help. Soon, Raija was teaching at the island’s school for the deaf.
Her vivid stories of daily frustration mixed with moments of exhilaration at the school make Voyage to the Island an unforgettably moving book. It becomes even more poignant against the backdrop of her own accomplishments as a deaf person advocating complete communication among all people in all communities.
Table of Contents
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- TO ST. LUCIA
- pp. 1-5
- WONDERS OF THE ISLAND
- pp. 6-9
- BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
- pp. 10-15
- DEAF SCHOOL
- pp. 21-22
- OBLIGATIONS IN SOCIAL CIRCLES
- pp. 23-24
- ENCOUNTER ON THESQUARE
- pp. 25-30
- SMALL VISITORS
- pp. 31-37
- BY THE SHORE OF THE SAPPHIRE SEA
- pp. 38-39
- LEARN THE LESSON
- pp. 40-47
- DO YOU BELONG AMONG US?
- pp. 48-53
- "FA-FA-FA"
- pp. 54-58
- But Children Should Speak!
- pp. 59-62
- AMONG US GIRLS
- pp. 63-66
- ADJUSTING TO THE ISLAND WAY OF LIFE
- pp. 67-70
- A BOY FROM THE FISHING SHORE
- pp. 71-75
- GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS
- pp. 76-81
- IN SEARCH OF ALFONSO
- pp. 82-85
- ALFONSO STARTS SCHOOL
- pp. 86-92
- PEOPLE OF THE CARIBBEAN
- pp. 93-95
- KEKE LEAVES FOR FINLAND
- pp. 96-100
- "LOST CHILD" ALFONSO
- pp. 101-106
- A DAY WITH ALFONSO
- pp. 107-112
- JOPPE AND ALFONSO
- pp. 113-117
- YOU'VE GOT A NAME, TOO!
- pp. 123-129
- HURRICANE WARNING
- pp. 130-131
- EVERYTHING ISPOSSIBLE
- pp. 132-136
- SENIOR CLASS
- pp. 143-155
- NOT TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING
- pp. 156-158
- MY LADY'S MAID,VICTORIA
- pp. 159-163
- JERI FLIES TOTHE CARIBBEAN
- pp. 164-168
- DINNER ON A BANANA BOAT
- pp. 169-172
- ROASTING DAYS
- pp. 173-177
- YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
- pp. 178-181
- INCIDENT AT THE DENTAL CLINIC
- pp. 182-184
- VICTORIA'S ASTRONAUT HELMET
- pp. 185-188
- BACK TO SCHOOL
- pp. 189-192
- "TELL THAT BOY"
- pp. 193-197
- CHRISTMAS ON ST. LUCIA AGAIN
- pp. 203-210
- MYSTERIOUS VIRUSES
- pp. 211-213
- COLD DREAM
- pp. 214-221
- END OF STORY
- pp. 222-237
- WEDNESDAY CLUB
- pp. 242-249
- DOING THE FOLLOW-UP
- pp. 250-253
- EXTENDED TIME
- pp. 254-262
- Image Plates
- pp. 273-280
Additional Information
ISBN
9781563685200
Related ISBN(s)
9780930323622
MARC Record
OCLC
43476346
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No