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Miriam Hearing Sister : A Memoir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zadek, Miriam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish families--New York (State)--Biography.
- Jewish families.
- Deaf people--Family relationships--New York (State)--Biography.
- Deaf people.
- Zadek, Miriam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (122 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D. C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "The author recounts her experiences growing up in a mixed deaf/hearing Jewish family in New York from the 1930s-onward"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Zadek, Miriam Miriam Hearing Sister
- ISBN:
- 9781954622104
- 1954622104
- OCLC:
- 1329430757
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