In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World

Acknowledgments

Above all I am grateful to the Deaf for a rich language. Sign. It is the language of my parents, my language, the language from which this writing bloomed. I want to thank those who made this book possible. Andrew Bromberg, who suggested the book, Marvin Fredman, who listened to the stories, and Rhoda Brown, who encouraged me to continue the writing. And to my son, Mark Hyman, and my daughter, Carrie Hyman, who gave gentle suggestions as they read the work in progress and who offered memories of their grandparents. And to my husband, Richard Rosenberg, whose support served as a shelter and whose good humor while I wrote made life a pleasure. I would like to offer special thanks to Bernice Hoffman, my agent, whose kindness sustained me over a two-year period and whose literary taste and skill helped me sculpt the manuscript. I wish to thank Robert Weil for his patient reading, for his faith, and for his invaluable insights into the editing of this book. Thanks also to Richard Romano, his assistant. And to Benny and Mary, my father and mother, I doff my hat! Acknowledgments xi ...