Linda A. (linnybo) reviewed Deafening by Frances Itani Narrated by Lorraine Hamelin on + 23 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book takes the listener through the culture, the times, the triumphs and the tragedies, in Canada, before and during world war I. Grania became deaf in her childhood. She has a large and loving family. She eventually goes to a school for the deaf. The story takes you through the world seen through Grania's eyes. After she grows up, she falls in love with and marries Jim, a hearing man, and the love of her life. Two weeks after they are married he is called away to war. I liked this book. I found it very moving, and alive and filled with history. I would have liked the book better if Grania's grandmother had not sacrificed her own life to save her grand daughter by nursing Grania back to health. I think this book is worth taking the time to give it a listen. Just have a box of kleen-ex on hand, just in case.
