Left profoundly deaf from scarlet fever, Grania O'Neill grows up protected from the hearing world and learning sign language, but her life changes when she falls in love with Jim Lloyd, a hearing man, on the eve of the Great War.
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Review:
"War and deafness are the twin themes in this psychologically rich, impeccably crafted debut novel set during World War I ... [Itani's] wonderfully felt first novel is a timely reminder of war's cost, told from an unexpected perspective."
Book Description:
A character-driven crime novel; a spellbinding portrait of three buddies confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1554684781
- ISBN 13 9781554684786
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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