Im Rhythmus der Stille

von Sarah Neef

She's deaf but speaks four languages, can't hear music but dances ballet. Sarah Neef learned to lipread and speak at an early age, also discovering her love of music and the dance. She perceives tones as vibrations; she feels them physically. Her moving autobiography describes the strong will, discipline, and energy that enable her to master her fate and participate in the life of the hearing. Simultaneously, she strives to encourage readers not to let themselves be excluded based on their purported deficits.