And No Birds Sing

by Pauline Leader

Originally published in 1931, this memoir offers an unflinching look at the life of a deaf woman struggling with poverty and isolation in the bohemian enclave of Greenwich Village. In harrowing yet lyrical prose, Pauline Leader recounts her experience growing up as the daughter of Jewish immigrants in a small New England mill town. Born in 1908, Leader was exposed to frequent verbal and physical abuse. She became deaf at the age of 12, following a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563686686
• ISBN13: 9781563686689
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"