{"product_id":"in-this-sign-9780805007220","title":"In This Sign","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joanne Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Disability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eI Never Promised You a Rose Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, Joanne Greenberg presents a poignant novel of family whose love and courage enable them to survive in the silent world of the deaf.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbel and Janice Ryder began their married life together with all the hopes and dreams of a young couple deeply in love. But before long they realize that their deafness stands as an immense barrier between them and a society that seems to work only for those who can hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInexperienced, ignorant, and bewildered, Abel and Janice leave the harsh environment of a school for the disabled and enter the insensitive world of the hearing. Through years of debt and misunderstanding, hard and degrading work, the raising of a hearing daughter, common tragedies and joys, they learn that the remarkable tool of sign language enables them to survive and, indeed, to forge a love too powerful to be broken by the painful, extraordinary world into which they were born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning four generations, \u003ci\u003eIn This Sign\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one family's struggle to carve a place for itself out of the tides of wealth, war, and human strivings in America.","brand":"Holt McDougal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592113668247,"sku":"9780805007220","price":2194.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780805007220.webp?v=1774976235","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-this-sign-9780805007220","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}