{"product_id":"quiet-ear-the-3rd-sept","title":"Quiet Ear, The (3rd Sept)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e : A Story of Deafness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom award-winning poet, educator, artist and 2026 Booker Prize judge, a groundbreaking memoir about family, identity, history and language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaymond Antrobus was diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTeachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn't believe he was deaf at all. The Quiet Ear tells his story - from childhood to fatherhood - and the stories of other D\/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D\/deaf creativity Antrobus did not have growing up. Told with the electrifying prose of a poet, this groundbreaking and moving memoir explores family, identity, history and language, and what it means to be in a world saturated with noise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Should force readers to pause and reflect' Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Wise, intimate and questing' Telegraph \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Read this book' Lemn Sissay \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An essential education' Safiya Sinclair \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Important, honest, eye-opening and beautifully written' Bernardine Evaristo \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A must read' Rose Ayling-Ellis \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A modern classic' Roger Robinson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Changed the way I will move through the world' Clint Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A big-hearted, transformative memoir' New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A quiet revolution' Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Searing . . . often heart-rending' Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book House (Thame)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56158001725825,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/7873\/5421\/files\/9781399619684.jpg?v=1787406861","url":"https:\/\/shop.thebookhousethame.co.uk\/products\/quiet-ear-the-3rd-sept","provider":"The Book House Thame","version":"1.0","type":"link"}