- Series: Penguin Modern Classics
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 9780241679098
- Length: 304 pages
- Dimensions: 197mm x 17mm x 129mm
- Weight: 228g
- Price: £9.99
In This Sign
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Two young deaf people, Abel and Janice, leave their punitive school and begin their life as a married couple ‘Outside’ – in the unwelcoming world of the hearing. A misunderstanding about the payment plan on a car kickstarts years of debt, hard labour and ostracization; but they find solace and expression in the richness of Sign, in their hard-won independence and in the birth of their daughter Margaret.
First published in 1970, only a decade after ASL’s formal recognition as a language, In This Sign is a rare, compassionate portrait of the deaf community and a moving family saga that spans the twentieth century.
With an introduction by Sara Novic and a new afterword by the author.
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