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Deafening

Set in the early decades of the 20th century through World War I in Onatrio, Canada and France, Deafening is two stories - the coming of age of young Grania struck totally deaf by scarlet fever at the age of 5, and what's like living with deafness - ...

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Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Grove Press; Reprint edition (November 5, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080214165X
ISBN-13: 978-0802141651
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 8.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 1306534
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook

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Set during 1915-19 in Canada, United States, England, Belgium and France, this is the story of a young woman in her 20’s, Grania O’ Neill (pronounced GRAW-NEE-YA, an Irish name meaning “Love”), profoundly deaf from the age of 5 as a result of scarlet fever. She marries Jim Lloyd, a hearing man who, 2 weeks after their marriage, leaves home in Ontario to serve his King and country and “do his bit for Mother England.” Jim tries in every possible wa...

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