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By Willy Conley

ISBN-10: 1563686031

ISBN-13: 9781563686030

Told via a chain of quirky, irreverent brief tales and letters domestic throughout the early Nineteen Eighties, The Deaf Heart chronicles a yr within the lifetime of Dempsey “Max” McCall, a Deaf biomedical images resident at a instructing health facility at the island of Galveston, Texas. Max strives to turn into qualified as a Registered organic Photographer whereas straddling the deaf and listening to worlds. He befriends Reynaldo, an impoverished Deaf Mexican, and so they pass on a few strange escapades round the island.

       At the health facility, Max has to take care of listening to medical professionals, nurses, scientists, and lecturers. whereas suffering during the rigors of his residency and operating into undesirable good fortune in assembly girls, Max discovers an best friend in his listening to housemate Zag, a fellow resident who's additionally vying for certification. towards the tip of his residency, Max meets Maddy, a Deaf girl who is helping convey stability to his life.

       Author Willy Conley’s tales, a few funny, a few poignant, demonstrate Max’s struggles and triumphs as he makes an attempt to reach the listening to international whereas whilst navigating the multicultural and linguistic range in the Deaf world.

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