{"product_id":"9781399619684","title":"The Quiet Ear : A Story of Deafness: 'A bighearted, transformative memoir' (by Raymond Antrobus)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning poet, educator, artist and 2026 Booker Prize judge, a groundbreaking memoir about family, identity, history and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A big-hearted, transformative memoir' New York Times 'A quiet revolution' Irish Times'Searing . . . often heart-rending' GuardianRaymond Antrobus was diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn't believe he was deaf at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Quiet Ear tells his story - from childhood to fatherhood - and the stories of other D\/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D\/deaf creativity Antrobus did not have growing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Told with the electrifying prose of a poet, this groundbreaking and moving memoir explores family, identity, history and language, and what it means to be in a world saturated with noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR'Should force readers to pause and reflect' Independent'Wise, intimate and questing' Telegraph 'Read this book' Lemn Sissay 'An essential education' Safiya Sinclair 'Important, honest, eye-opening and beautifully written' Bernardine Evaristo 'A must read' Rose Ayling-Ellis 'A modern classic' Roger Robinson 'Changed the way I will move through the world' Clint Smith\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49629229088995,"sku":"9781399619684","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781399619684.jpg?v=1787929239","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781399619684","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}