Jonathan J. reviewed on 12/27/2005 + 6 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This book is actually a collection of three separate but related essays concerning the deaf, brain development, and some of the politics around how the deaf learn. It is very interesting from the perpsective of a new parent interested in teaching his or her child sign language, regardless of whether or not the child or parent is hearing impaired. However, it is not nearly so anectdotal as his other works. If you are looking for strictly the strange or bizarre, this is not the book for you. If you are curious about how the brain develops language, particularly spatial versus oral, this book is worth the read.

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