July Book Club Announcement

Thank you to all who were able to join us Tuesday for a discussion with Lisa See on her historical novel “Lady Tan’s Circle of Women.” While the book wasn’t our typical hearing loss or disability related book the way that this book illustrated life 500 years ago in China (especially for women) really highlighted the differences and disadvantages in gender, social class, etc.

I will be sending out a summary in a few days. In the meantime, here’s our July book:

JULY 2025: Tuesday, JULY 22,5:00 pm Western/ 7:00 pm Central/ 8:00 pm Eastern Time. (Central Time) [ZOOM- Register Here] Zoom Meeting: “In Silence: growing up hearing in a deaf world” (Nonfiction) By Ruth Sidranski, BARD: DB 32598. Synopsis: “As a hearing child of deaf parents, Ruth Sidransky learned signing as her first language. Only when she entered school did she master speech. She was placed in a class for children with intellectual disabilities until her parents intervened. The richness of her experiences, surrounded by a loving family in a close-knit neighborhood in New York, helped to ease her transfer to the hearing world.” Published in 1990.

Note: Let me know if you have a hard time getting this book as it’s older and I don’t think in wide circulation.