A sign of her own : a novel / Sarah Marsh.
Material type: TextPublisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: Center Point Large Print editionDescription: 526 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9798891640658
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 -- Fiction
- Deaf -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Deaf -- Means of communication -- History -- Fiction
- Sign language -- History -- Fiction
- Telephone -- History -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Livres en gros caractères
- large print books
- New England -- History -- Fiction
- England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- 823.92 23/eng/2019
- PR6113.A7738 2024
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Hardcover Book | Barnard Library (La Crosse) | Fiction | LARGE PRINT | LX LP Fic Marsh | Available | 37548000547401 | |||
Book | Frank Carlson Library (Concordia) | Large Print | LARGE PRINT | LP Marsh, Sarah | Checked out | 06/01/2024 | 37438020942412 | ||
Large Print | Jordaan Memorial Library (Larned) | Fiction | LP Fic Mar | Checked out | 05/24/2024 | 37439600543943 |
Regular print version previously published by Harlequin Enterprises ULC.
Includes author's note with background information.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants Ellen to speak up in support of his claim to the patent of the telephone, which is being challenged by rival inventors. But Ellen has a different story to tell: that of how Bell betrayed her and other deaf pupils in pursuit of his own ambition. Ellen knows that this is her one opportunity to tell the true story -- her story -- but to do so will risk her engagement, her future prospects and her mother's last wish for her. Inspired by journals kept by Alexander Graham Bell's real deaf students, this stunning historical debut casts new light on the inventor and the invention that would forever change how we communicate."--
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