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A Mother, Her Deaf Daughter, and Their Stories Rebecca Willman Gernon and Amy Willman View the table of contents. Read “Do You Sign?” Read reviews: Reference & Research Book News, The Midwest Book Review. $29.95t print edition $29.95 e-book

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Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1.    December 1969 / Rebecca
2.    Day Two and Beyond: Waiting / Rebecca
3.    Date with Destiny / Rebecca
4.    Stunned and Numb / Rebecca
5.    Stomaching the Diagnosis / Rebecca
6.    The Mechanical Tyrant / Rebecca
7.    Starting the Climb / Rebecca
8.    Twenty Minutes of Torture / Rebecca
9.    Gibberish / Rebecca
10.  Pavlov’s Daughter / Rebecca
11.  Hard Lessons / Rebecca
12.  Gain and Loss / Rebecca
13.  The Scarlet Letter / Rebecca
14.  Blessings and Fellow Travelers / Rebecca
15.  Terrible Twos / Rebecca
16.  Miles and Moments / Rebecca
17.  Respite and Renewal / Rebecca
18.  On the Road Again / Rebecca
19.  Ready, Aim . . . / Rebecca
20.  Dreams and Reality / Rebecca
21.  Pets and Playmates / Amy
22.  Hearing in a Deaf World / Rebecca
23.  Summer Workshop Times Two / Rebecca
24.  Emptying the Nest / Rebecca
25.  The Year with Few Memories / Rebecca
26.  Residential Life in the Primary Dorm / Amy
27.  Smooth Roads / Rebecca
28.  Education, the Primary Years / Amy
29.  Moving into Deaf Culture / Rebecca and Amy
30.  Caution, Speed Bumps Ahead / Rebecca
31.  Mainstreaming, Not for Me / Amy
32.  The Decision / Rebecca
33.  Deaf Child in a Hearing World / Amy
34.  Tossed and Blown by Life / Rebecca
35.  Middle School / Amy
36.  Gaining Independence / Rebecca
37.  Do You Sign? / Amy
38.  Driving Miss Daisy Crazy / Rebecca and Amy
39.  More Audism / Rebecca and Amy
40.  Stateside Travel / Rebecca and Amy
41.  Plans in Turmoil / Rebecca and Amy
42.  Europe and Beyond / Rebecca and Amy
43.  Making Memories, High School / Amy
44.  Last Chances / Rebecca
45.  The Big Question / Rebecca and Amy
46.  Graduation and College Bound / Rebecca and Amy
47.  Gallaudet, New Horizons / Amy
48.  No Choice, Mainstreamed in 1994 / Amy
49.  Deaf in the Hearing World / Amy
50.  Deaf or deaf, Does It Matter? / Amy
51.  Adapting to Live in Two Worlds: Hearing and Deaf / Amy
52.  My Eyes Are My Ears / Amy
53.  Concluding Thoughts / Amy and Rebecca

Rebecca Willman Gernon writes plays, short stories, and memoirs in New Orleans, LA.

Amy Willman is a Lecturer in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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ISBN 978-1-56368-537-8, 6 x 9 paperback, 248 pages, photographs

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