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Low pick for this combo memoir/science story. Denworth dives into the science of hearing and sociology of deafness (and how the cochlear implant ties into both) within the framing story of discovering and understanding her youngest son‘s deafness. I find sound fascinating (I‘m a musician, and I have some hearing issues myself though not hearing loss) but bits were hard to follow. Not a thorough Deaf history but some god info for those interested.

Ugh - I went to Lou Malnati‘s once, my first time in Chicago. I wanted to go to the art museum, and have deep-dish pizza. Two things. Hubby was there for work, I got to visit a good friend, things seemed great. And then the pizza from Lou‘s gave me such bad food poisoning I ended up in the ER instead of on the plane home. That was more than ten years ago and I still cringe when this name pops up.

This difference is not spelling, but capitalization. Seems like a fundamental difference to me.

"Learning to reas begins the first time an infant is held and read a story.... As they listen to stories of Babar, Toad, and Curious George and say 'goodnight moon' every evening, children gradually learn that the mysterious notations on the page make words, words maje stories, stories teach us all manner of things that make up the known universe."

Reading for pleasure has stopped completely since I started graduate school last month. Luckily this book for class is an interesting read! I made scones and tea to enjoy along with it.