Reviews round-up
The Quiet Ear
by Raymond Antrobus
5 of 5 critics positive
5 reviews: 5 positives
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“The poet’s moving exploration of deafness, difference and identity”
The Quiet Ear by Raymond Antrobus review – growing up between two worlds
Positive
Read the review ↗“delivers an insightful, bighearted memoir”
How Life Without Hearing Helped One Writer See More Clearly (Published 2025)
Positive
Read the review ↗“The poet’s meditation on the deaf experience is rich, complex and full of compassion”
The quiet world of Raymond Antrobus
Positive
Read the review ↗“memoir of growing up deaf both shocks and entertains”
Hiding hearing aids and losing friends: the reality of growing up deaf
Positive
Read the review ↗“In his vividly written memoir, The Quiet Ear”
I was born deaf … but not deaf enough
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