{"product_id":"the-invention-of-miracles","title":"The Invention of Miracles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that’s not how he saw his own career. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach deaf students to speak. Even his tinkering sprang from his teaching work; the telephone had its origins as a speech reading machine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Invention of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e takes a “stirring” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), “provocative” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), “scrupulously researched” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) new look at an American icon, revealing the astonishing true genesis of the telephone and its connection to another, far more disturbing legacy of Bell’s: his efforts to suppress American Sign Language. Weaving together a dazzling tale of innovation with a moving love story, the book offers a heartbreaking account of how a champion can become an adversary and an enthralling depiction of the deaf community’s fight to reclaim a once-forbidden language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatie Booth\u003c\/strong\u003e has been researching this story for more than fifteen years, poring over Bell’s papers, Library of Congress archives, and the records of deaf schools around America. But she’s also lived with this story for her entire life. Witnessing the damaging impact of Bell’s legacy on her family would set her on a path that overturned everything she thought she knew about language, power, deafness, and the telephone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatie Booth teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and has been highlighted on Longreads and Longform; “The Sign for This” was a notable essay in the 2016 edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Essays.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Booth received a number of prestigious fellowships to support the research for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, including from the Library of Congress and the Massachusetts Historical Society. She was raised in a mixed hearing and deaf family. This is her first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrade Paperback | 416 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708210118885,"sku":"bqu1792046129873","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0823\/2537\/3157\/files\/the-invention-of-miracles_1.jpg?v=1792046136","url":"https:\/\/tonewearm.shop\/products\/the-invention-of-miracles","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}