Hands Of My Father Flyer
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Hands of My Father A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love LOUIS AND SARAH UHLBERG HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD, MYRON, at the absolute bottom of the Great Depression—an expression of extraordinary optimism, and typical of the joy and resilience of these two inspiring individuals Their son’s first language was American Sign Language, the first sign he learned: “I love you.” But his second language was spoken English, and at a very young age he was called upon to act as interpreter in the stores and streets beyond their Brooklyn apartment. This meant not only straddling the worlds of the hearing and the deaf, but reversing the roles of parent and child—and then having to flip back again to being his father’s little boy. Listening to the radio, he signed for his father every blow in the historic Joe Louis- Max Schmeling boxing match, and he learned about the war through his father’s signed translations of the newspaper. From the beaches of Coney Island to the Dodgers’ Ebbets Field, this is a memoir about growing up not just as the hearing son of two deaf people but as a book-loving, mischief-making, tree-climbing kid in Brooklyn during the period that spanned the Depression, World War II and the early 50s. MYRON UHLBERG is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of a number of children’s books, including Dad, Jackie, and Me. preorder at your favorite bookseller, online or in person! Professors/Educators: Examination copies are available to college professors or instructors seeking titles to review for adoption consideration. Order by visiting our site online at www.randomhouse.com/acmart; see our entire policy available at this site. For more information on ordering bulk copies of this book as a premium or for resale, email us at [email protected] A Bantam Hardcover On Sale 12/30/08 978-0-553-80688-5 $23.00/$25.95C www.bantamdell.com The award-winning author of Dad, Jackie, and Me , Myron Uhlberg has penned a poignant, riveting memoir about growing up as the hearing son of two deaf parents.
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Hands of My FatherA Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love
LOUIS AND SARAH UHLBERG HAD THEIR F IRS T CHILD, MYRON, at the absolute bottom of the Great Depression—an expression of extraordinary optimism, and typical of the joy and resilience of these two inspiring individuals
Their son’s first language was American Sign Language, the first sign he learned: “I love you.” But his second language was spoken English, and at a very young age he was called upon to act as interpreter in the stores and streets beyond their Brooklyn apartment. This meant not only straddling the worlds of the hearing and the deaf, but reversing the roles of parent and child—and then having to flip back again to being his father’s little boy.
Listening to the radio, he signed for his father every blow in the historic Joe Louis-Max Schmeling boxing match, and he learned about the war through his father’s signed translations of the newspaper. From the beaches of Coney Island to the Dodgers’ Ebbets Field, this is a memoir about growing up not just as the hearing son of two deaf people but as a book-loving, mischief-making, tree-climbing kid in Brooklyn during the period that spanned the Depression, World War II and the early 50s.
MYRON UHLBERG is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of a number of children’s books, including Dad, Jackie, and Me.
preorder at your favor i te bookseller, onl ine or in person!
Professors/Educators: Examination
copies are available to college professors or
instructors seeking titles to review for adoption
consideration. Order by visiting our site online
at www.randomhouse.com/acmart; see our
entire policy available at this site.
For more information on ordering bulk copies of
this book as a premium or for resale, email us at
A Bantam Hardcover
On Sale 12/30/08978-0-553-80688-5
$23.00/$25.95C
www.bantamdell.com
The award-winning author of Dad, Jackie, and Me, Myron Uhlberg has penned a poignant, riveting memoir about growing up as the hearing son of two deaf parents.
