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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Sign for Drowningby Rachel Stolzman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Anna has grown up haunted by her younger sister's death. In the life she constructs as a barrier against the emotional wreckage of her family tragedy, Anna settles comfortably into a career as a teacher of deaf children. But a challenge arrives--in the form of a young girl. Adrea's disarming vulnerability and obvious need for love offer Anna the possibility of reconnecting with the world around her--if she has the courage to open her heart. In this debut novel, Rachel Stolzman has crafted a moving and poetic witness to love's power to transcend grief, pain, and the constraints of human language. The Sign for Drowning is a poignant story of loss and the unexpected occasions of grace that enable us to heal from it and grow beyond it. Review:"As Stolzman's character-driven debut opens, eight-year-old Anna Levy and her mother witness a horrific scene: the small boat that her five-year-old sister, Megan, is on with their father capsizes close to shore, and Megan drowns. In the immediate aftermath, Anna blames herself for not plunging into the water and joining the frantic search. She begins an imaginary, one-sided conversation in sign language with Megan that leads the grown-up Anna to adopt a deaf five-year-old (whom she mistakenly renames 'Adrea' by incorrectly signing 'Andrea') and to a career working with deaf children. As Anna and Adrea grow into their lives together, watchful Anna is forced to confront ghosts from her past and to learn to stop living life as a spectator. Stolzman gives Anna a poetic soul ('words of sympathy had exhausted my tolerance for words themselves'), and a carefully constructed redemption that unfolds with vivid observational detail." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:As a child, Anna tried to communicate with her sister--who had drowned when the two were young girls--by using sign language. As an adult, she becomes a teacher for the deaf. When one of the children in her care attaches herself to Anna, their growing relationship becomes the catalyst for Anna to shed her emotional barriers. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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