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Title Statement | The words in my hands / by Asphyxia. |
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Author | Asphyxia |
Publication | ©2020Toronto: Annick Press,2021. |
Edition | Annick Press edition. |
Extent of Item | 384 pages |
ISBN | 9781773215280 1773215280 |
Other Number | 4134099 |
General Notes | Originally published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2020. |
Summary | In a near-future Melbourne ravaged by food shortages, Piper struggles with her mum's desire for her to use hearing aids to be "normal" and pass as hearing. She then meets Marley, who introduces her to sign language and the Deaf community, and her world is opened up. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Interpersonal relations--Fiction |
Australian Sign Language--Fiction | |
Mothers and daughters--Fiction | |
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction | |
Deaf--Fiction | |
Teenage girls--Fiction | |
By Location | Melbourne (Vic.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Dystopias |
Diary fiction |