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Miriam Hearing Sister : A Memoir
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- Summary
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"The author recounts her experiences growing up in a mixed deaf/hearing Jewish family in New York from the 1930s-onward"--
Details
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Washington, D. C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2022
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (122 pages)
- ISBNs
- 1954622104, 9781954622098, 9781954622104
- OCLC
- on1329430757, on1343249758
- Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Reader's Note -- Part One Hearing Voices -- Sound -- Sisters -- Home -- The Bronx -- Learning a Prayer -- Uniforms for Deaf Girls -- Let the Baby Hear -- Whistle -- Angels Looking over Me? -- Because Miriam Hears -- Unlearning a Prayer -- Daddy's Store and the World of Fourth Avenue -- Daddy's Circle of Light -- Mommy or Me? -- Breakdown -- Sisters Divided -- On the Road -- Inches to Miles -- Florida -- Swimming Pool -- All Is Well -- School under the Umbrellas -- Back to Normal -- The Question -- No Answer -- Part Two Before Ma Had Daughters -- Earpiece -- Before Ma Had Daughters -- The Doctor Hears, but … -- First Classroom -- Shirley's Lessons -- Miss Magna's School of the Dance -- No Worries -- A Room of My Own? -- The Big Backyard -- Neighbor to the Left -- Neighbor to the Right -- Trick or Treat -- Holy Smokes -- Coney Island Summers -- My Swimming Buddy -- How Ma's Hair Turned White -- Part Three Just Like the Princesses in England -- Miriam Hearing Sister -- 241st Street Station -- The Roar of the Train -- Not for You! -- My Autograph Book -- Grade School Graduation: June 22, 1940 -- How Do You Get Scared? -- World War II -- The Red Cross -- Routines of War -- Daddy's Map of Europe -- Junior High -- The Rare Specimen -- A School of My Own -- A Hearing World -- Sylvia's Wartime Job: Radio Assembly Technician -- War at the Matinees -- ''Learn Privacy'' -- Just Like the Princesses in England -- Air Raid Alert -- Part Four Sylvia's courtship -- A Mount Vernon Christmas -- Sylvia's Courtship -- Carl's Parents -- The Fair People -- The Ring -- Chanukah Christmas -- What about Robert? -- What If … ? -- The Apartment -- The Bridal District -- Sylvia's Wedding Day -- Part Five Where Do Your Sisters Go? -- Puh-ta-toes and Puh-pees -- Ma's Hats -- Where Do Your Sisters Go?
- Birthday Party -- The Too Familiar -- Always the Same -- Hearing Aids for Deaf Kids -- Part Six Me in My Own World -- Growing Pains -- Me in My Own World -- Religious Education -- Adrift among Jews -- The Summer of 1945 -- The Baby Buzzer -- Camp Homesick -- Beautiful Baby Boy -- Part Seven Life or Death Choices -- Decision Time -- College Acceptance -- Brandeis Camp Institute, 1946 -- Lessons in Leadership -- Life or Death Choices -- Dr. Alsop -- Leaving Home -- Finding My Place in the World -- Part Eight The Truth about Deaf Babies -- My Trade -- Letter from Len -- A Serious Boyfriend -- Damaged Goods -- Starting a Family -- When Things Go Wrong -- The Truth about Deaf Babies -- A Gift from My Sisters -- Ma as My Role Model -- My Life's Work -- Continuing My Studies -- Parents and Child: To Understand, to Be Understood -- Paying It Forward: The Interpreter Service -- Part Nine First Language -- Not Quite Forgotten -- A Broken Silence -- Remainders -- Genetic Testing -- Locating the East: Our Genetic Family Tree -- First Language -- A Lovely Day -- Today's Different World -- In the Year 2022 -- Family Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About The Author