9 Best nonfiction books like Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents by Mickey Carolan

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Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents

By: Mickey Carolan

3.93

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

In this endearing, non-traditional memoir, the son of a Deaf mother and father takes you on an adve…

"Heavy are the hands that bear the signs."

-Mickey Carolan, Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents

"Heavy are the hands that bear the signs."

-Mickey Carolan, Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents by Mickey Carolan , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Guest Room

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Midwives and  The Sandcastle Girls  comes the spel… read more

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"...this was why men fell in love with strippers and escorts: it wasn't the licentiousness, the dissembling, their craven willingness to do whatever you wanted. It was the way they would, out of the b…"

-Chris Bohjalian, The Guest Room

2. A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family

By: Lou Ann Walker

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

From the time she was a toddler, Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Their … read more

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3. The Little Shop of Found Things

By: Paula Brackston

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

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4. Ghost Camera

By: Darcy Coates

3.68

Format: 189 pages,

A small number of cameras have the ability to capture ghosts on film. This gift comes at a steep pr… read more

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5. You're Welcome, Universe

By: Whitney Gardner

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for t… read more

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6. The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2)

By: Susan Dennard

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hunting Moon is the highly anticipated sequel to The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling a… read more

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7. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

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8. Only the Beautiful

By: Susan Meissner

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune th… read more

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9. Fourteen Days

By: Margaret Atwood

3.23

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is a s… read more

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10. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"My favorite band's lyrics spoke to me more powerfully than any parent or teacher ever could. They helped me figure out who I was, what I was feeling, and possibly, where I was headed."

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"Suddenly one day I sprouted boobs. Not *just* boobs. Enormous boobs. When puberty finally struck, I developed faster than a Polaroid. In my mind at least, I remember going to bed flat as a board one …"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"I was someone who had spent most of her life hanging around with gay men, and now here I was, ashamed of my feelings for a woman. I felt like such a hypocrite. I eventually gave up my ridiculous prec…"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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11. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Call Us What We Carry

By: Amanda Gorman

4.28

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveal… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Loss is the cost of loving"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We write Because you might listen."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"And the norms and notions of what “just is"

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."

-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

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13. All Boys Aren’t Blue

By: George M. Johnson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"History has an interesting way of painting."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

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14. A Snake Falls to Earth

By: Darcie Little Badger

3.95

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still … read more

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"Hey Daysona!"

-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

"And their voices had a keenly musical quality. It wasn't that the animal people barked out literal instrumental notes or sand when they spoke. Rather, their words ignited emotional responses Nina had…"

-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

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15. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

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16. Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

4.21

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had magic flowing in her blood, she sought to understan… read more

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"There are times where you have all the tools you need and all there is to do is to do it."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)

"There are places where you belong, where blood gives you access. However, they aren't always the best places to go."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)

"Common sense is the result of the truest education. Education is like wine. It takes time. It's a process. The young sometimes have to go through it. And sometimes, they die trying. Sincerely, The Ob…"

-Nnedi Okorafor, Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts, #3)

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17. Nightwing, Vol. 1: Leaping into the Light

By: Tom Taylor

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Injustice team of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo take on Nightwing! … read more

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18. Sharing Too Much: Inspirational Musings and Lessons from an Unlikely Life

By: Richard Paul Evans

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and “king of Christmas fiction” ( The New York Times ) del… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • self help
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19. Quiet Beautiful Things

By: Samantha Christy

4.51

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

Being a single dad was not on my short-list of life plans. Especially since I didn't know my daug… read more

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  • disability
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20. The Woman Outside My Door

By: Rachel Ryan

3.69

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

All children have imaginary friends, Georgina tells herself. It’s perfectly normal, and they all gr… read more

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21. The Silence Between Us

By: Alison Gervais

3.86

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Deaf teen Maya moves across the country and must attend a hearing school for the first time. As if … read more

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  • disability
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22. Nightwing, Vol. 2: Get Grayson

By: Tom Taylor

4.41

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling team Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo bring you the second volume in the… read more

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23. Begin Again

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, thoughtful and bold comment on humanity and its future from one of today’s most thought… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco

24. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life

By: Nyle DiMarco

4.25

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and Deaf culture anthem by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • disability
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25. The Sign for Home

By: Blair Fell

4.24

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize When a young DeafBlind man learns the gi… read more

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  • disability
"You would probably die without the hearing-sighted to assist you, and sometimes you absolutely hate them for that."

-Blair Fell, The Sign for Home

"They probably know, just like I do, that our freedom is precarious and everything still might fall apart. It could, right? In real life, things don't end so happily, right? But, at the moment, we are…"

-Blair Fell, The Sign for Home

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26. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

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  • disability
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27. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

By: Curtis Chin

3.80

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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28. 15 Summers Later

By: RaeAnne Thayne

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

15 summers ago, everything changed… Ava Howell seemed to have it all. She moved away from Emeral… read more

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  • disability
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29. Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents

By: Mickey Carolan

3.93

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

In this endearing, non-traditional memoir, the son of a Deaf mother and father takes you on an adve… read more

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  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • disability studies
  • disability
  • self help
"Heavy are the hands that bear the signs."

-Mickey Carolan, Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents

Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

30. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

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"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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31. When We Were Friends: A Short Story

By: Jane Green

3.55

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes a riveting story about a friendship that tu… read more

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4.36

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4.20

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Richard Paul Evans

4.28

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Nyle DiMarco

4.25

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3.20

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4.17

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