Deafening.Frances Itani Frances Susan Itani (born 25 August 1942) is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist. Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario and grew up in Quebec. She studied nursing in Montreal and North Carolina, a profession which she taught and practised for eight years. . 2003. Read by Lorraine Hamelin. 8 tapes. 12 hrs. Brilliance. $87.25. 1-59086-913-3. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA As a result of scarlet fever scarlet fever or scarlatina, an acute, communicable infection, caused by group A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria (see streptococcus) that produce an erythrogenic toxin. at age five, Grania lost her hearing. After four years of lip reading lip reading, method by which the deaf are able to read the speech of others from the movements of the lips and mouth. It is sometimes referred to as speech reading, which technically also includes the reading of facial expressions and body language. and home schooling home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's parents serve as the teachers. by her beloved grandmother, Grania is sent to the Ontario School for the Deaf where she learns sign language and speech. She takes up nursing as a career and meets Jim, a hearing man, with whom she falls in love. Two weeks after their wedding in 1915, Jim is sent to the trenches of France and Belgium as a stretcher-bearer. Through his letters home to Grania he describes the horrors of WW I. Hamelin's fully voiced reading is excellent. She is especially adept at expressing the difficulties Grania experiences in learning to speak. Canadian author Itani's ultimately uplifting first novel reflects extensive research on the deaf and frontline medical personnel during the first World War. Carol Kellerman, Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , NM S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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