Mother Father Deaf: Living between Sound and Silence

By Paul Preston

Book Overview

"Mother father deaf" is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. These children grow up between two cultures, the Hearing and the Deaf, forever... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674587480
• ISBN13: 9780674587489
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.7" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

a deaf reader

Before reading this book, I knew that we should let CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) children be children. I have always been curious about CODA's point of view. I did learn few things and was surprised by couple of things. Thanks, Paul, for satisfying my curiosity.

Excellent, informative and unbiased.

As another native signer, I was quite pleased with Preston's book for it's well-roundedness. Preston does not seem to have a particular agenda he is trying to extoll. The variety of voices in this book show that people perceive similar circumstances differently. A much needed book!