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Words for a Deaf Daughter and Gala: A Fictional Sequel

By Paul West
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By Paul West
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This volume brings together two of Paul West's best books: his critically acclaimed "Words for a Deaf Daughter" (1970), a nonfiction account of West's deaf and brain-damaged daughter Mandy at age eight, and "Gala" (1976), a novel about a writer named Wight Deulius who brings his handicapped teenage daughter Michaela from England to America for a visit. While Words is an account of Mandy's diagnosis and treatment, Gala is "the scenario of a wish-fulfillment" (as West writes in the preface), ...

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FictionLiteratureFiction SubjectsFamily & Friendship - FictionLiterary BiographyLiterary FictionFathers & Daughters - FictionAmerican Literary Biography20th Century American Authors - Literary BiographyAuthors, American->20th century->Biography