The House With All the Lights On

Jessica Kirkness

The House With All the Lights On
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Country
Australia
Published
4 July 2023
Pages
240
ISBN
9781761069079

The House With All the Lights On

Jessica Kirkness

'If I were to tell you our story in sign language-the story of my grandparents and me-I'd begin with a single finger touching my chest.'

Jessica Kirkness has traversed the boundary between deaf andhearing cultures all her life. Her memoir tells the story of hergrandparents who grew up deaf in a hearing world-one wheresign language was banned for much of the twentieth century-and weaves in her own experience as a hearing child in afamily that often struggled to navigate their elders' difference.

This journey takes her from the family home to the workplaces ofresearch audiologists, and back to England where she visits hergrandparents' old schools and other family landmarks-discoveringalong the way how terribly their deafness has been misunderstood.

The House With All the Lights On captures the universal experienceof navigating complex family relationships and beautifully exploresthe nuances of identity in what is both a memoir and a love letterto those closest to her heart.

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