Voyage to the Island Summary
Raija Nieminen

Everything you need to understand or teach Voyage to the Island by Raija Nieminen.

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Voyage to the Island Summary

In Voyage to the Island, readers enter three unusual worlds. First and most important, Nieminen offers readers a graphic sense of what it means to be deaf. Through her accounts of her own increasing deafness as well as her work with hearing-impaired children on St.

Lucia, hearing readers will gain insight into what it means to rely on sight for communication. Second, Nieminen gives a vivid picture of the culture of a Caribbean...

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