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Breaking the Silence: The inspiriational story of a girl born deaf and how she took the gamble of a lifetime to hear
Jo Milne
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Description for Breaking the Silence: The inspiriational story of a girl born deaf and how she took the gamble of a lifetime to hear
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; MN; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Imagine for a moment that you have never heard the voices of those you love, the music on the radio, the sound of birdsong at dawn, nor the persistent passing traffic on the road you walk down. Now imagine that the lips you have watched moving, the faces that you have smiled at, the words that you read in front of you all slowly start to disappear too. It's hard to comprehend, isn't it? Jo Milne had already lived a lifetime surrounded by silence, profoundly deaf from birth, when she began to lose her sight. Just ... Read more
Imagine for a moment that you have never heard the voices of those you love, the music on the radio, the sound of birdsong at dawn, nor the persistent passing traffic on the road you walk down. Now imagine that the lips you have watched moving, the faces that you have smiled at, the words that you read in front of you all slowly start to disappear too. It's hard to comprehend, isn't it? Jo Milne had already lived a lifetime surrounded by silence, profoundly deaf from birth, when she began to lose her sight. Just ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473606036
SKU
V9781473606036
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jo Milne
Joanne Milne was born in Gateshead in 1974. She was diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 16 months old but it wasn't until she was 29 that she was registered as blind and found to have Usher Syndrome. In 2014 she underwent a cochlear implant operation which gave her the ability to hear for the first time. Her story was picked ... Read more
Reviews for Breaking the Silence: The inspiriational story of a girl born deaf and how she took the gamble of a lifetime to hear
An incredibly moving and inspiring story
Evening Chronicle
How a woman born deaf took the gamble of her life and escaped a world of silence...The joy of the piano. The echo of her footsteps. Even the hum of the fridge. How one woman's inspiring story will make YOU appreciate the sounds you take for granted.
Daily Mail ... Read more
Evening Chronicle
How a woman born deaf took the gamble of her life and escaped a world of silence...The joy of the piano. The echo of her footsteps. Even the hum of the fridge. How one woman's inspiring story will make YOU appreciate the sounds you take for granted.
Daily Mail ... Read more