The Mime Child

By John Bernstein

A child, who is called The Mime Child, is born to a hearing-impaired Mother and learns how much the silence of her deafness impacted his life. While they both initially think of each other as impaired, their journey through life helps them realize that they were both really enhanced beings and not impaired. The story is told through the eyes of the Mime Child who suffers with embarrassment at his Mother's hearing-impairment and becomes a mime not realizing that this was a gift his Mother bestowed upon him. His Mother's death causes him to have an epiphany in which he sees the true meaning of his Mother's impact on him: to make him a greater communicator.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Apr 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781456605896

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The Mime Child

by

John Bernstein

Illustrated by

Casey Eade

Copyright 2011 John Bernstein,

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The Mime Child

by John Bernstein

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0589-6

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This baby, she wailed in what sounded like a foreign accent, is ucklee. She was saying ugly. UGLY? What a thing to call your baby! Babies have feelings too, you know.

She could, of course, be excused for her behavior. Here was an excited, new mother who really thought her baby was impaired.   Was that true? Was