An astonishing personal journey from hearing to deafness and back again helps Bella Bathurst explore what sound, listening and music mean to us
Bella Bathurst is a writer and photojournalist. Her books include The Lighthouse Stevensons which won the 1999 Somerset Maugham Award, The Wreckers, which became a BBC Timewatch documentary, and The Bicycle Book, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2011.
A book to remind us to treasure the gift of sound.
*Times*
Fascinating ... Bathurst is a restless, curious writer, and she
interweaves the story of her own experiences with imaginative
research around hearing and sound ... After reading this book, I
found myself listening in a richer and more interested way.
*Guardian*
This is a moving and fascinating book, all about sound and what it
means to be human. It has its share of sound and fury, and benefits
from a journalist's ability to listen. Many people with hearing
loss, and more without, would benefit from hearing its message.
*FT*
A hymn to the faculty of hearing ... written with passion and
intelligence ... a brave and important work
*Literary Review*
An empathetic, sensitive look at how a physical loss can transform
both the way you understand the world and how you live in it.
*Sunday Express*
An engaging blend of memoir, biography and history
*Woman and Home*
Fascinating and illuminating ... an eminently readable tour through
the world of hearing loss that deserves a wide readership.
*The Arts Desk*
Bathurst paints a vivid picture ... By writing this heartfelt book,
she has helped to alleviate the sense of isolation (suffered by the
deafened).
*Country Life*
A poignant exploration ... terrific
*Daily Telegraph*
Praise for Bella Bathurst:
'Bella Bathurst has built a lamp herself: it illuminates the work
of a literary hero, a family business, a habit of mind and a
Scottish period ... from the summit of this first terrific book she
looks to become one of the best biographers of her generation'
*The Times*
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