Written chronologically in the first person with some flashbacks, Voyage to the Island uses a simple style that features short sentences and concrete imagery. Nieminen's visual imagery is remarkable. She alternates between passages of narration, in which she recounts her experiences as a homemaker and teacher and passages of reflection in which she meditates on her personal problems as a woman and a deaf person. She gives fascinating portraits of the children with whom she works, and although her frustrations often.....
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