![]() ![]() An exception for readers to be aware of is one use of the “r” word about four-fifths into the book. ![]() And there are other minor imperfections I could point to, but any of the issues I could raise are generally trivial and easily forgivable compared to the more significant strengths of Hurt Go Happy. With so many real-life professionals pretending otherwise for ease of explanation, though, it’s easy to understand how that one slipped through into print. Is there some inaccurate deaf-related information in this book? Yes, a bit-for example, no, hearing loss is not really measured in percentages: it is measured in decibels. Joey’s world starts to change when she encounters a signing chimpanzee, Sukari, and Sukari’s caretaker, an older man who grew up with signing Deaf parents. She is being raised by a mother who will not allow her to sign and a stepfather who cares for Joey but is impossible to lipread due to his bushy facial hair. Our protagonist, thirteen-year-old Joey, first became deaf at age six. I found it easy to be sucked into Joey’s character and her painful yearning to have access to sign language-and, through sign language, to meaningful communication and relationships as a deaf girl growing up into a young woman. It is one of the more authentic reflections I have seen of what it can be like to grow up deaf. First, here is the short version of my review for Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby: Yes, you want to read this book, it’s awesome. ![]()
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