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If You Could Hear What I See: Lessons About Life, Luck, and the Choices We Make
The author shares her painful childhood of growing up hearing-impaired where she used humor to overcome many obstacles and traumatic events; details the people who profoundly impacted her life and urged her to follow her dreams; and reveals how she used laughter, courage, and pride to deal with life's many surprises. 25,000 first printing.
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241 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2001
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January 10, 2020
Fascinating, frustrating, charming, inspiring. I read an excerpt from this about a hundred years ago and it's stuck in my mind ever since. Can't believe it's taken me this long to track it down and actually read the whole thing, but I'm glad I did.
November 16, 2011
WOW!!!!!! I took my kiddos to their weekly library visit and thought I would just browse the biography section. Although I had already started a book for the week for some reason I thought to just look around. Little did I know how many biography's are out there. This book popped out to me and I'm glad it did.
Yep, I do believe in kharma and destiny. I cried and laugh through the whole book. There are sooo many quotable statements and ideas on every single page. Those in the deaf community all know that they are bright and beautiful, but the worldy struggle is enormous. Thank you Kathy Buckley for all the reminders that my deaf kiddo is going to be a beautiful, witty, smart and successful adult. I will try my best to understand through the stories the struggles that "we" will be working through hand in hand.
A must read for special ed. teachers :) deaf older teens, parents and loved ones of anyone in the deaf and hard of hearing community.
Yep, I do believe in kharma and destiny. I cried and laugh through the whole book. There are sooo many quotable statements and ideas on every single page. Those in the deaf community all know that they are bright and beautiful, but the worldy struggle is enormous. Thank you Kathy Buckley for all the reminders that my deaf kiddo is going to be a beautiful, witty, smart and successful adult. I will try my best to understand through the stories the struggles that "we" will be working through hand in hand.
A must read for special ed. teachers :) deaf older teens, parents and loved ones of anyone in the deaf and hard of hearing community.
March 25, 2009
While I'd probably only want to give this an "It was Okay, 2 stars" rating on any other day, I still choose to give this book 3 stars just for cheek and sheer chutzpah. Buckley has been thrown several curveballs in her life and I, for one, don't believe I'd handle them with as much grace. More a memoir than a reference about hearing loss (I was looking for the latter), I still flew through this quickly.
November 17, 2008
Written in kind of a self-helpish style, but you won't believe ths stories of what the author survived - including being run over by a jeep at the beach! All in all, it's a really inspiring book about someone who came into her own after a lifetime of being told that she would never amount to anything.
February 3, 2011
Heartwarming autobiography of motivational speaker and stand-up comedian Kathy Buckley. She includes equal measures of tragedy, comedy and inspiration, along with social commentary. Very enjoyable read!
June 23, 2007
Note: I read the book, not the audio cassette. No other version available.
February 26, 2009
This was funny and a page turner. It makes want to know her.
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