The deaf heart : a novel
- Title
- The deaf heart : a novel / Willy Conley.
- Published by
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2015]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 233 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Told through a series of quirky, irreverent short stories and letters home during the early 1980s, The Deaf Heart chronicles a year in the life of Dempsey "Max" McCall, a Deaf biomedical photography resident at a teaching hospital on the island of Galveston, Texas. Max strives to become certified as a Registered Biological Photographer while straddling the deaf and hearing worlds. He befriends Reynaldo, an impoverished Deaf Mexican, and they go on a number of unusual escapades around the island. At the hospital, Max has to contend with hearing doctors, nurses, scientists, and teachers. While struggling through the rigors of his residency and running into bad luck in meeting women, Max discovers an ally in his hearing housemate Zag, a fellow resident who is also vying for certification. Toward the end of his residency, Max meets Maddy, a Deaf woman who helps bring balance to his life. Author Willy Conley's stories, some humorous, some poignant, reveal Max's struggles and triumphs as he attempts to succeed in the hearing world while at the same time navigating the multicultural and linguistic diversity within the Deaf world"--
- "Chronicles a year in the life of Dempsey McCall, a deaf biomedical photography resident living in Galveston, Texas"--
- Subject
- Call number
- JFD 15-3488
- Author
- Conley, Willy, author.
- Title
- The deaf heart : a novel / Willy Conley.
- Publisher
- Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2015]
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- LCCN
- 2015029841
- ISBN
- 9781563686030 paperback
- 1563686031 paperback
- 9781563686047 electronic book
- Research call number
- JFD 15-3488