Breaking The Silence The inspiriational story of a girl born deaf and how she took the gamble of a lifetime to hear

Name: Breaking The Silence
Author: Jo Milne

Auteur: Jo Milne

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Jo Milne

Engels
Paperback
9781473606036
24 maart 2016
272 pagina's

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Over 12 million people watched the poignant video of the moment that 39 year old Jo Milne's cochlear implants were switched on allowing her to hear for the first time in her life. She became an internet sensation and a world-wide news phenomenon and attracted support from Lauren Laverne, Caitlin Moran and India Knight. This is her extraordinary life story.

Imagine for a moment that you have never heard the voices of those you love, the music on the radio, the sound of birdsong at dawn, nor the persistent passing traffic on the road you walk down. Now imagine that the lips you have watched moving, the faces that you have smiled at, the words that you read in front of you all slowly start to disappear too. It's hard to comprehend, isn't it?

Jo Milne had already lived a lifetime surrounded by silence, profoundly deaf from birth, when she began to lose her sight. Just before turning thirty, Jo was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome, a condition that will progressively affect her eyesight too.

Although at this lowest ebb Jo suffered from deep depression, she has always been determined to live her life to the full. Jo has never let her disabilities affect the way she embraces life, however there was always so much that she was missing. In 2014 she made a life-changing decision to undergo major surgery. She had cochlear implants fitted allowing her to hear for the first time. Every moment of Jo's days since the operation has become a journey of discovery.

She has been able to hear the voice of her own mother who has stood by her and helped her through some of her darkest moments. She has heard birds sing, people chatting and the sound of children laughing. She is embarking on an incredible journey through four missed generations of music - from the hymns she missed in school assembly to sweeping orchestral performances, from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to the music of this very moment and everything in between.

Breaking the Silence is a remarkable and beautifully written memoir that will serve as an inspiration to everyone who reads it. By turns, heart-breaking and heart-warming, it is the incredibly uplifting life-story of a woman who refused to give up hope and always lives life with a smile upon her face.

Watch Jo hear for the first time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyDdVJ81Ixs

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 maart 2016
Aantal pagina's: 272
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Hoofdauteur: Jo Milne
Hoofduitgeverij: Coronet Books

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Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 22 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 129 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 198 mm
Verpakking lengte: 22 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 303 g

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EAN: 9781473606036

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