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- catalog abstract "Author Charlotte Abrams presents her memoir of life in Chicago with her sister and her deaf parents. Hers is a loving portrayal of how a close Jewish family survived the Depression and the home front hardships of World War II with the added complications of communication for her mother and father. Rich episodes detail history from a particularly acute point of view that entertain as they subtly inform. Her father, a former prizefighter, considered the gift of a radio an intrusion until he found that he could have his hearing daughters pantomime the Joe Louis-Billy Conn fight as it occurred. The Silents departs from other narratives about deaf parents and hearing children when the family discovers that Abrams' mother is becoming blind. With resiliency, the family turned the secret, terrifying sorrow their mother felt at losing her only contact with the world into a quest for the best way to bring it back. Should she learn braille? Should she use a cane? All of the old communication and day-to-day living routines needed to be made anew. And through it all, the family, their friends, and their neighbors, hearing and deaf, worked together to ensure that Abrams' parents remained the close, vital members of the community that they had always been.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b9565927.
- catalog coverage "Chicago (Ill.) Biography.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "And through it all, the family, their friends, and their neighbors, hearing and deaf, worked together to ensure that Abrams' parents remained the close, vital members of the community that they had always been.".
- catalog description "Author Charlotte Abrams presents her memoir of life in Chicago with her sister and her deaf parents. Hers is a loving portrayal of how a close Jewish family survived the Depression and the home front hardships of World War II with the added complications of communication for her mother and father. Rich episodes detail history from a particularly acute point of view that entertain as they subtly inform.".
- catalog description "Her father, a former prizefighter, considered the gift of a radio an intrusion until he found that he could have his hearing daughters pantomime the Joe Louis-Billy Conn fight as it occurred.".
- catalog description "The Silents departs from other narratives about deaf parents and hearing children when the family discovers that Abrams' mother is becoming blind. With resiliency, the family turned the secret, terrifying sorrow their mother felt at losing her only contact with the world into a quest for the best way to bring it back. Should she learn braille? Should she use a cane? All of the old communication and day-to-day living routines needed to be made anew.".
- catalog extent "vii, 261 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Silents.".
- catalog identifier "1563680556 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Silents.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press,".
- catalog relation "Silents.".
- catalog spatial "Chicago (Ill.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago.".
- catalog subject "306.874 20".
- catalog subject "Abrams, Charlotte, 1929-".
- catalog subject "Children of deaf parents Illinois Chicago Biography.".
- catalog subject "Children of parents with disabilities Illinois Chicago Biography.".
- catalog subject "Deaf Family relationships Illinois Chicago.".
- catalog subject "Deaf Illinois Chicago Biography.".
- catalog subject "Deaf Illinois Chicago Family relationships.".
- catalog subject "Deaf parents Illinois Chicago Biography.".
- catalog subject "HQ759.912 .A27 1996".
- catalog subject "Parents with disabilities Illinois Chicago Biography.".
- catalog title "The silents / Charlotte Abrams.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".