Jefferson County Library: My Sister's Voice By Mary Carter

Press release from the Jefferson County Library:

Gretchen

March 14, 2022

My Sister's Voice by Mary Carter 318 pages

At twenty-eight, Lacey Gears is exactly where she wants to be. An up-and-coming, proudly Deaf artist in Philadelphia, she's in a relationship with a wonderful man and rarely thinks about her difficult childhood in a home for disabled orphans. That is, until Lacey receives a letter that begins, "You have a sister. A twin to be exact. . ." Learning that her identical, hearing twin, Monica, experienced the normal childhood she was denied resurrects all of Lacey's grief, and she angrily sets out to find Monica and her biological parents. But the truth about Monica's life, their brief shared past, and the reason for the twins' separation is far from simple. And for every one of Lacey's questions that's answered, others are raised, more baffling and profound.

I am a Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf and I know a lot about the deaf culture. This book opened my eyes even more to the deaf culture and their feelings about being deaf. This was definitely a book with an unusual ending. The middle was a little slow and predictable for me, but most of it was very interesting.

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