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    Train Go Sorry

    Inside a Deaf World

    Author Leah Hager Cohen
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    Knopf | Vintage
    On sale Apr 25, 1995 | 320 Pages | 9780679761655
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    In American Sign Language, "train go sorry" means "missing the boat." Cohen uses the phrase as shorthand for the myriad missed connections between the deaf and the hearing. Yet in this stunning work of journalism and memoir she also forges new connections. As she ushers readers into New York's Lexington School for the Deaf, Cohen (whose grandfather was deaf and whose father was the school's superintendent) conveys the intimate truths of this silent, but immensely articulate world.

    "Eloquent...a stunningly empathetic examination of [deaf people's] stories and a brilliant narrative of Deaf culture."--The New York Times Magazine
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    Leah Hager Cohen is the author of five works of nonfiction, including Train Go Sorry, and five novels, including The Grief of Others, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her latest novel, Strangers and Cousins, was published in 2019 and named one of the ten best books of that year by The Washington Post. She is the Barrett Professor of Creative Writing at the College of the Holy Cross. 
    www.leahhagercohen.com

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    In American Sign Language, "train go sorry" means "missing the boat." Cohen uses the phrase as shorthand for the myriad missed connections between the deaf and the hearing. Yet in this stunning work of journalism and memoir she also forges new connections. As she ushers readers into New York's Lexington School for the Deaf, Cohen (whose grandfather was deaf and whose father was the school's superintendent) conveys the intimate truths of this silent, but immensely articulate world.

    "Eloquent...a stunningly empathetic examination of [deaf people's] stories and a brilliant narrative of Deaf culture."--The New York Times Magazine

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    © Liz Linder Photography

    Leah Hager Cohen is the author of five works of nonfiction, including Train Go Sorry, and five novels, including The Grief of Others, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her latest novel, Strangers and Cousins, was published in 2019 and named one of the ten best books of that year by The Washington Post. She is the Barrett Professor of Creative Writing at the College of the Holy Cross. 
    www.leahhagercohen.com

    View titles by Leah Hager Cohen

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