In a novel about the flaws of language, the fear of silence and the power of imagination, Louise, almost completely deaf, must decide whether shes willing to get an implant at the cost of her natural hearing, drawing her into an ethereal world where she escapes the chaos of her reality. Original.
A deeply moving debut novel about the flaws of language, the fear of silence, and the power of imagination
Since she was little, Louise has been not quite hearing and not quite deafher life with this invisible disability has been one of in-betweenness. After an audiology test shows that almost all her hearing is gone, her doctor suggests getting a cochlear implant. The operation will be irreversible, making the decision all the more fraught. The technology would give Louise a new sense of hearingbut it would be at the expense of her natural hearing, which, for all its weakness, has shaped her unique relationship with the world, full of whispers and shadows.
