What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness
Henry Kisor. Penguin Books, $16 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-014899-2
Kisor, book editor of the Chicago Sun-Times , lost his hearing after a bout with meningitis at age three and has since relied on spoken language and lip reading. PW called the memoir ``genial and moving, sharp and witty.'' ``With unflinching candor and telling details, Kisor cites the ways in which being deaf among the hearing shaped his personal and professional experiences.'' Author tour. (June)
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Reviewed on: 06/03/1991
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 365 pages - 978-0-8161-5113-4
Hardcover - 270 pages - 978-0-8090-9689-3
Paperback - 232 pages - 978-0-252-07739-5
Paperback - 978-0-14-778722-4
Prebound-Sewn - 978-1-4177-0316-6