When Cece is around four years old, she gets sick. Really sick. Her parents rush her to hospital and discover she has meningitis. When CeCe recovers from the initial illness, she starts to realise something. She can’t hear. Her meningitis left her alive, but deaf.
This memoir is gorgeous and informative and funny all at once. It tells CeCe’s story of growing up in a world that has suddenly become silent, with adorable bunnies as the characters, and spectacular visual techniques such as fading text in speech bubbles as CeCe’s hearing aids fail.
We follow CeCe as she grows; as her hearing aids are upgraded as technology changes; as she learns how to navigate a loud world in silence; how to make friends when you wear something that marks you visibly as “different”. Honestly, this is just such a great book. Perfect for children (easily accessible, funny) but also with enough adult humour to keep grown-ups involved (Spock = Emotionless Mumbler!).
Reviewed by Li
Catalogue link: El Deafo
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