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.
| ISBN: | 9780807019641 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 2025 |
| Author: | Terry Galloway |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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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.
Mean Little deaf Queer features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Disability: social aspects, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Social and ethical issues, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences
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Mean Little deaf Queer was written by Terry Galloway and published by Beacon Press
Mean Little deaf Queer has 256 pages
£17.09, reduced from £18.99. In Stock.
