Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love by Myron Uhlberg

Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love

Myron Uhlberg

232 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir emotional funny medium-paced

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With candor and humor, Uhlberg recounts a childhood spent largely as a bridge between his parents and the hearing world. Translating from sign language to spoken language and back again, he enables his father to communicate with local shopkeepers,...

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