In Silence - Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World : Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World

Acknowledgments xi Family Tree xiii Prologue 1(22) Part 1: My Beginnings Hands 23(11) School Days 34(25) Part 2: The World of My Parents School for Benny and Mary 59(20) A Deaf World 79(22) Mary 101(19) Mary and Benny, a Love Story 120(21) Benny 141(31) Benny and Ruthie 172(17) Part 3: Growing Up Hearing Childhood Lost 189(19) When Other Children Die 208(13) Prayer 221(15) The West Bronx 236(20) Benny, My Touchstone 256(12) High School 268(19) Fantasies 287(9) College 296(15) Part 4: Voices My Deaf Family 311(7) Benny Dies 318(8) Mary 326(11) Epilogue 337