{"title":"Jessica White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica White\u003c\/strong\u003e offers deeply personal journeys through her memoirs, exploring themes of resilience, identity, and the intimate nuances of everyday life. Her writing invites readers to engage with the quiet strength found in vulnerability and reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTitles such as \u003cem\u003eHearing Maud\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSilence is my Habitat\u003c\/em\u003e reveal a poetic sensitivity and a profound appreciation for the complexity of human experience, making her work a compelling choice for admirers of thoughtful biography and memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"silence-is-my-habitat-by-jessica-white-9781763733121","title":"Silence is my Habitat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tactile and olfactory journey through a silent ecosystem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilence is my Habitat\u003c\/em\u003e by Jessica White explores the profound connection between her deafness and the natural world. Deaf since she was four years old, White presents an ecobiography – a narrative that examines her interaction with her ecosystem and its influence on her identity. Through a series of essays, she elaborates on how her deafness has moulded and enriched her bond with nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Deafness made me observant and quiet. Because I could not hear enough to join in on conversations, my attention often wandered or was absorbed by sensations other than sound - morning sun on my forearms, the thick, sweet scent of flowering oleanders, the triangular shadow of a flock of galahs flying overhead.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhite further reflects on her experiences during long bus trips, observing the sorghum ripening under the sun and kangaroos leaping among the wheat stubble, as shadows grew long. The tactile sensations of the bus's vibrations over cattle grids and gravel roads frame her narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003cem\u003eSilence is my Habitat\u003c\/em\u003e delve into how her deafness shapes her engagement with environments, discovering the world through tactile and olfactory means when certain sounds remain out of reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46845773349100,"sku":"9781763733121","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781763733121.jpg?v=1758894297"},{"product_id":"hearing-maud-by-jessica-white-9781760800383","title":"Hearing Maud","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020: Non-Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHearing Maud: A Journey for a Voice\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of creative non-fiction that details the author's experiences of deafness after losing most of her hearing at age four. It charts how, as she grew up, she was estranged from people and turned to reading and writing for solace, eventually establishing a career as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCentral to her narrative is the story of Maud Praed, the deaf daughter of 19th century Queensland expatriate novelist Rosa Praed. Although Maud was deaf from infancy, she was educated at a school which taught her to speak rather than sign, a mode difficult for someone with little hearing. The breakup of Maud's family destabilised her mental health, and at age twenty-eight, she was admitted to an asylum, where she stayed until she died almost forty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was through uncovering Maud's story that the author began to understand her own experiences of deafness and how they contributed to her emotional landscape, relationships, and career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932167258348,"sku":"9781760800383","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760800383-hearing-maud.jpg?v=1783856731"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/jessica-white.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}