Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir

By: Terry Galloway

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Synopsis: In 1959, the year Terry Galloway turned nine, the voices of everyone she loved began to disappear. No one yet knew that an experimental antibiotic given to her mother had wreaked havoc on her fetal nervous system, eventually causing her to go deaf. As a self-proclaimed "child freak," she acted out her fury with her boxy hearing aids and Coke-bottle glasses by faking her own drowning at a camp for crippled children. Ever since that first real-life performance, Galloway has used theater, whether onstage or off, to defy and transcend her reality. With disarming candor, she writes about her mental breakdowns, her queer identity, and living in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780807073315
Related ISBNs:: 9780807073315, 9780807073315
Publisher:: Beacon Press
Date of Addition:: 05/11/11
Copyrighted By:: Terry Galloway
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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