children of deaf parents

The author reflects on his experiences growing up in Brooklyn during the 1940s and being the oldest son of two deaf parents.

The author reflects on his experiences growing up in Brooklyn during the 1940s and being the oldest son of two deaf parents.

Kambri Crews recounts her life with deaf parents in rural Texas, and describes her conflicted relationship with her father who is in prison.

R.H. Miller recalls his life in World War II era Ohio as the oldest of four sons born to deaf parents, discussing the family's experiences on his paternal grandparents' farm, and in Toledo where his father worked for a time in manufacturing, and telling of the hardships and prejudices they all faced as a result of his parents' deafness.

A hearing boy and his deaf parents from Brooklyn enjoy the rides, food, and sights of 1930's Coney Island where the father longs to know about how everything sounds and his son tries to interpret the noisy surroundings through sign language and a wealth of new words learned from a trip to the library.

By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Myron Uhlberg's memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents--and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.