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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Olivia's Voice
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Listen.

Silence.

Love, words, friendship and colour need no sound.

My name is Olivia and this is my world. (Publication Summary)

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Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability

    Profound deafness.

    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rundle Mall/Rundle Street, Adelaide City, Adelaide, South Australia,: MidnightSun , 2017 .
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      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st March 2017
      ISBN: 9781925227192

Works about this Work

Beauty in Silence Mike Lucas , Jennifer Harrison , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2017; (p. 60)
' 'Children are born accepting everybody as equal, and it's only as we grow older that we start to notice differences and become curious,' says Adelaide-based bookseller Mike Lucas. 'Sometimes this can result in embarrassment, isolation or bullying. They should be taught to see that being different is what makes us who we are and that a disability, though to be possibly inherently restricting can be made less so by inclusion, understanding and acceptance.' Mike's new book, Olivia's Voice, is about a girl who wakes up every morning to silence. She can't hear anything, but she can follow the smell of breakfast down to the kitchen, feel her mum's heart beating against her chest during a hug, watch the 'galloping' shapes of her friends' mouths and see words tumble into images as she reads.' (Publication abstract)
Beauty in Silence Mike Lucas , Jennifer Harrison , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2017; (p. 60)
' 'Children are born accepting everybody as equal, and it's only as we grow older that we start to notice differences and become curious,' says Adelaide-based bookseller Mike Lucas. 'Sometimes this can result in embarrassment, isolation or bullying. They should be taught to see that being different is what makes us who we are and that a disability, though to be possibly inherently restricting can be made less so by inclusion, understanding and acceptance.' Mike's new book, Olivia's Voice, is about a girl who wakes up every morning to silence. She can't hear anything, but she can follow the smell of breakfast down to the kitchen, feel her mum's heart beating against her chest during a hug, watch the 'galloping' shapes of her friends' mouths and see words tumble into images as she reads.' (Publication abstract)
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