Orchid of the Bayou: A Deaf Woman Faces Blindness

by Catherine Hoffpauir Fischer and Cathryn Carroll

Book Overview

In graduating from Gallaudet University, finding a job in Washington, D.C., and starting a family with her college sweetheart, Kitty Fischer tacitly abandoned the Louisiana Cajun culture that had exposed her to little more than prejudice and misery as a child. Upon discovering that she suffered from Usher syndrome (a genetic condition that causes both deafness and blindness), however, Fischer began an unlikely journey toward reclaiming her heritage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563681048
• ISBN13: 9781563681042
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Orchid of the Bayou: A Deaf Woman Faces Blindness

This is a great book-helps you understand what people with Ushers Syndrome go through. The author is very real and honest. Once you start, can't put it down!