If You Could Hear What I See: Lessons About Life, Luck, and the Choices We Make |  | Authors: Kathy Buckley, Lynette Padwa
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 2292984
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0783896433
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.7028092
EAN: 9780783896434
ASIN: 0783896433
Publication Date: December 2001
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Book Description
She was born with a devastating disability no one could diagnose and labeled mentally retarded by an uncaring school system. She was sexually abused, nearly killed in a car accident, and stricken with cancer-all before the age of thirty.
Kathy Buckley not only survived, but went on to become a top female comic, award-winning author of a one-woman Off Broadway show, and a beloved motivational speaker throughout the country.
In If You Could Hear What I See, Buckley tells her remarkable life story, from her small-town childhood in Wickliffe, Ohio-where she was unable to form words until age seven-to her incredible career as "America's first hearing-impaired comedienne." In chapters such as "I Can Hear the Laughter," "Confessions of a Deaf Catholic," and "Table Manners with Anne Baxter," she shares the pain and pathos of growing up hearing-impaired, the hope that has sustained her through her darkest moments, and the humor that saved her sanity. She talks about the people and events that changed her life and encouraged her to dream. But most of all, If You Could Hear What I See is about a woman who made a choice: to overcome all the obstacles life could throw her way, and to meet those challenges with dignity, courage, and laughter.
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Good January 12, 2007
really good book. no matter who you are, it will keep you turning pages
Poignant and Beautiful May 18, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This poignant and beautifully written tale is both inspiring and hysterically funny! An easy read, but brilliantly written, it ties the reader to the book. Without pity, Kathy portrays herself and shows her life through wit and humor that can bring a tear to your eye without making you feel sorry for her. Instead it helps you see your life in better perspective and inspires the reader to attain higher goals. Excellent read.
Very Inspiring October 31, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I totally enjoyed this book. Kathy is an inspiration and I wish her nothing but continued success in the future. The book is hard to believe in some points - that so many bad things can happen to one person. It is amazing to see the metamorphasis Kathy goes through in her life and how the total of all of her life's experiences both good and bad have shaped who she is today. She's triumphant!
A powerful memoir and personal account of hope April 14, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kathy's severe hearing loss lead to an early diagnosis of mental retardation: she was also molested, run over, and stricken with cancer all before the age of thirty but she never lost her sense of humor. If You Could See What I Hear provides her life story and how she kept this sense of humor through the darkest of days. A powerful memoir and personal account of hope.
worth every penny! June 6, 2002
wonderful. inspiring. positive thinking.
one of my favorites.
a treasure.
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