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In an emotionally compelling tale crackling with originality, when a teen musician goes deaf, his quest to create an entirely new form of music brings him to a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he meets along the way. Music is Simon's life - which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counseled, refusing to learn sign-language, refusing to have anything to do with Deaf culture. Refusing, that is, until he meets G, a tough-as-nails girl dealing with her own newly-experienced deafness. In an emotionally engaging tale crackling with originality, Simon's quest to create an entirely new form of music forces him into a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he meets along the way.
About the Author
Sean Williams teaches writing, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She received the Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington (1990) , with an emphasis in the musics of Indonesia and Ireland. She has a social media alter ego named "Captain Grammar Pants" on Facebook, which led to the creation of English Grammar: 100 Tragically Common Mistakes (and How to Correct Them) (Zephyros Press, 2019) .Her books in ethnomusicology include The Sound of the Ancestral Ship: Highland Music of West Java (Oxford, 2001) , The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook (Routledge, 2006) , Irish Traditional Music (Routledge, 2010) , Bright Star of the West: Joe Heaney, Irish Song-Man (Oxford, 2011) , and others. She has had articles published in The New Hibernia Review, Béaloideas, Asian Music, The Companion to Irish Traditional Music, Current Musicology, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Yearbook for Traditional Music, The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, and several edited volumes.
