Hearing Maud : a journey for a voice

Resource Information

The work Hearing Maud : a journey for a voice represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Hearing Maud : a journey for a voice

Title remainder

a journey for a voice

Statement of responsibility

Jessica White

Creator

• White, Jessica, 1978-

Author

• White, Jessica, 1978-

Subject

• Autobiographies
• Deaf -- Australia -- Biography
• Deaf -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
• Deaf -- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Biography
• Deaf women -- Australia -- Biography
• Australian
• White, Jessica, 1978-
• Women authors -- Australia -- Biography
• Praed, Maud
• Authors, Australian -- 21st century -- Biography

Genre

• Biography
• Autobiographies

Language

eng

Summary

This is a work of creative non-fiction that details the author's experiences of deafness after losing most of her hearing at age four. It charts how, as she grew up, she was estranged from people and turned to reading and writing for solace, eventually establishing a career as a writer. Central to her narrative is the story of Maud Praed, the deaf daughter of 19th century Queensland expatriate novelist Rosa Praed. Although Maud was deaf from infancy, she was educated at a school which taught her to speak rather than sign, a mode difficult for someone with little hearing. The breakup of Maud's family destabilised her mental health and at age twenty-eight she was admitted to an asylum, where she stayed until she died almost forty years later. It was through uncovering Maud's story that the author began to understand her own experiences of deafness and how they contributed to her emotional landscape, relationships and career

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

A823.4

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult