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Original Title:	Deafening
ISBN:	080214165X (ISBN13: 9780802141651)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Grania O’Neill #1
Literary Awards:	Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (2004), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2005)

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Title	:	Deafening (Grania O’Neill #1)
Author	:	Frances Itani
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	November 5th 2004 by Grove Press (first published January 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Canada

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At the age of five, Grania-the daughter of hardworking Irish hoteliers in smalltown Ontario-emerges from a bout of scarlet fever profoundly deaf and is suddenly sealed off from the world that was just beginning to open for her. Her guilt-plagued mother cannot accept her daughter's deafness. Grania's saving grace is her grandmother Mamo, who tries to teach Grania to read and speak again. Grania's older sister, Tress, is a beloved ally as well-obliging when Grania begs her to shout words into her ear canals and forging a rope to keep the sisters connected from their separate beds at night when Grania fears the terrible vulnerability that darkness brings. When it becomes clear that she can no longer thrive in the world of the hearing, her family sends her to live at the Ontario School for the Deaf in Belleville, where, protected from the often-unforgiving hearing world outside, she learns sign language and speech. After graduation Grania stays on to work at the school, and it is there that she meets Jim Lloyd, a hearing man. In wonderment the two begin to create a new emotional vocabulary that encompasses both sound and silence. But just two weeks after their wedding, Jim must leave home to serve as a stretcher bearer on the blood-soaked battlefields of Flanders. During this long war of attrition, Jim and Grania's letters back and forth-both real and imagined-attempt to sustain their young love in a world as brutal as it is beautiful. Frances Itani's depiction of a world where sound exists only in the margins is a singular feat in literary fiction, a place difficult to leave and even harder to forget. A magnificent tale of love and war, Deafening is finally an ode to language-how it can console, imprison, and liberate, and how it alone can bridge vast chasms of geography and experience.

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I loved this book. Grania and Jim have taken their place in my heart as one of my favorite literary couples. Although this book addresses many larger issues - disability, illness, war - and does it well, at its heart it is Jim and Grania's love story, the story of a love that sustains and survives. This book is beautifully written and truly touched my heart. I cannot wait to read the sequel, Tell.

Moving story. Authentic characters. Wonderfully paced plot. Love the Canadian scenes and historical narrative. Satisfying read.

This was an amazingly tender and beautifully written account of a deaf child, her struggles to understand the world of sound, and her ultimate victory in achieving her life purpose as an adult. The struggles of Grania's growing up years were softened by the unfailing love and support of her Irish Grandmother, who devoted her life to enabling Grania to succeed. I loved the secret communications that developed between Grania and her sister, and later the unique and sweet language of love shared

This is a tender and deeply moving book. Frances Itani tells the story of a deaf woman (loosely inspired on her own deaf grandmother), waiting for her young husbands return from WWI with superb prose. The complexity of what is or isnt communicate in every relationship, the loneliness of disconnect, and ultimately the healing power of love, family and friendship is weaved through the plot with mastery. I am looking forward to Itanis next book.

3.5 stars

I enjoyed this book. I liked the different perspectives you get from the family members about Grania's deafness. It is a part of history I never really thought about. One thing this book made me realize is I really don't like reading stories about world war one. Just the senseless human loss grates on me. It is so sad. But, at the same time it is good to remember.

I know somewhere in this book is a beautiful story. The first 75 pages were pretty fascinating. The story of Graine as a child, and her struggles with being deaf were very interesting, and rung true.However, somewhere along the lines she grew up and fell in love.. which the book failed to spend any time on! At the end of one chapter, she meets Jim, and then, in the next chapter they are getting married!! HELLO! Where is the love story???So yeah, I tried, but I could not trudge through the rest