Author will be attending the February Book Club!

The HLAA-TC Book Club is excited to announce that the author, Joanne Greenberg, for our February novel selection will be joining us by Zoom for our book club discussion of her novel “I never promised you a rose garden” on Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 pm (Central Time).

“I never promised you a rose garden” (published in 1964) is a novel about mental health. We recently decided to expand our reading criteria to include books about more than just hearing loss/deafness). It is highly regarded and was made into a movie in 1977 that was nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award (Oscar). [If you have Amazon Prime, the 1977 movie is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.]

She has written many books and has experience with the deaf community in Denver (you can read more about that in the blog post she wrote that I link below). One of the other novels Greenberg wrote is more directly related to deafness called: “In This Sign” (1984). (Not on Kindle, but on Amazon in paperback/hard cover. In BARD/NLS: Yes, Braille: BRJ01411; BARD: TB 03470.) Plot summary: “From the award-winning author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Joanne Greenberg presents a poignant novel of a family whose love and courage enable them to survive in the silent world of the deaf. Abel and Janice Ryder began their married life together with all the hopes and dreams of a young couple deeply in love. But before long they realize that their deafness stands as an immense barrier between them and a society that seems to work only for those who can hear.”

To find out more information about Joanne Greenberg (she also published under the name Hannah Green), read these links:

A blog post that Joanne Greenberg wrote about her experience having “In This Sign” turned into a TV movie called “Love Is Never Silent’ (Hallmark Channel, 1985 [DVD can be purchased on Amazon]). You can also watch this YouTube video of the director of the TV movie talking about using Deaf actors for many of the roles.
A recent article (July, 2022) in the Denver Post about Ms. Greenberg.

If you plan to read one or both of the books, or watch the movie or TV movie, or you would just like to watch or participate in the discussion with Ms. Greenberg the HLAA-TC Book Club would love for you to join us (book clubs are open to everyone and have captions). The book club with Joanne Greenberg is Tuesday, February 28th at 7:00 pm (Central Time). For a Zoom link to this book club, please email Laura Hagemann social@hlaatc.singlerdesign.com

About the HLAA-TC Book Club: The HLAA-TC Book Club meets every month throughout the year on the fourth Tuesday of the month. We alternate between reading fiction and nonfiction books each month and our selections often deal with hearing loss, deafness or disability. We are meeting virtually on Zoom and have had several authors and special guests join us to discuss the books. We meet in the evenings on Zoom (with computer/AI captions). Visit the Book Club page on our website: https://hlaatc.singlerdesign.com/book-club/

Author will be attending the February Book Club!

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