Speak to Me!

This compelling true-life story deals with a single parent making the discovery that her 1 1/2 year-old son is deaf. -- Rehabilitation Literature With humor and openness she describes her denial of his deafness, her frustrations in dealing with family and experts, and her ultimate decision to put her son in a special school. Parents of all children will identify with both the joys and problems Forecki has experienced. -- Library Journal Marcia Calhoun Forecki has written an engrossing personal account of her life with Charlie, an adorable, active, deaf seven-year-old. Speak to Me! is the story of an ordinary hearing person confronted with an overwhelming reality -- the fact that her son is deaf. Forecki`s struggle as a single parent to care for her child, to find the right schools, and to establish communication with her son will strike a familiar chord in all hearing parents of deaf children. All readers, parents or not, will be touched by the mixture of pathos and humor in this well-written account. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.