Train Go Sorry
Inside a Deaf World
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 25, 1995
A stunning work of journalism and memoir that explores the intimate truths of the silent but articulate world of the deaf.
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- Who it’s for
- Journalism and memoir meet in a close look at connection across deaf and hearing worlds.
- Themes
- Deaf and hearing communication, Missed connections
- Genres
- Disability Memoirs, Sign Language, Disability Studies
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A stunning work of journalism and memoir that explores the intimate truths of the silent but articulate world of the deaf. In American Sign Language, "train go sorry" means "missing the boat." Leah Hager Cohen uses the phrase as shorthand for the myriad missed connections between the deaf and the hearing.
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As she ushers readers into New York's Lexington School for the Deaf, Cohen (whose grandfather was deaf and whose father was the school's superintendent) she also forges new connections.
Across Two Worlds
Journalism and memoir meet in a close look at connection across deaf and hearing worlds.
Come here for
- The intimate crossings of deaf and hearing life
- A lens on language, family, and missed connections
Expect
- Journalism braided with personal memory
- A view into New York’s Lexington School for the Deaf
Where it sits
| Sign Language | 62% |
|---|---|
| Disability Memoirs | 60% |
| Disability Studies | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Physical Disabilities
- Sign Language
- Disability Studies
- Authors
- Leah Hager Cohen
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- April 25, 1995
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Deaf and hearing communication · Missed connections
- Reading lane
- Physical Disabilities