HLAA-TC Book Club is meeting on Zoom at 5:00 pm Western/ 7:00 pm Central Time/ 8pm Eastern Time on the DIFFERENT WEEK: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 18, for a special book club discussion of TWO MEMOIRS for a Special Program: Two Authors in Conversation: “But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World” (Nonfiction) By Claudia Marseille BARD DB: 122941 AND “The Butterfly Cage”  (Nonfiction) By Rachel Zemach (Claudia’s book in BARD & previously read by this book club, Rachel’s book not yet in BARD).

Synopsis of “But You Look So Normal…” By age four, Claudia Marseille had hardly uttered a word. When her parents finally had her hearing tested and learned she had a severe hearing loss, they chose to mainstream her, hoping this would offer her the most “normal” childhood possible. With the help of a primitive hearing aid, Claudia worked hard to learn to hear, lipread, and speak even as she tried to hide her disability in order to fit in. As a result, she was often misunderstood, lonely, and isolated—fitting into neither the hearing world nor the Deaf culture.

Synopsis of “The Butterfly Cage”: A tender and perspective-shifting book that offers a rare level of understanding about the subtle and and no-so-subtle layers of internalized oppression and deep feelings and dilemmas of Deaf people, written by former Deaf teacher Rachel Zemach.

Register Here for the Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscO6uqT8jEtR388rjswgwMwQ7Q6nt_bB9

Note: This particular book club will be recorded to be later placed on the HLAA-TC YouTube channel (only the discussion with the moderator and authors will be recorded and not the Zoom participant Q & A).

About HLAA-TC Book Club: All book clubs are open to all and are captioned (we use the Zoom AI/computer captions for book clubs). Book club meets every fourth Tuesday (unless announced otherwise). We often read books about hearing loss, disability or deafness (or featuring a character with those characteristics). We typically alternate reading nonfiction and fiction books every month. To find out more about book club, visit: https://www.hlaatc.org/book-club/