Alandra's Lilacs : The Story of a Mother and Her Deaf Daughter Book

My daughter is taking some deaf studies courses in college, and read this book for one of her classes. She wanted me to read it. The writing is not fabulous, reminiscent of a self published book, even though this is not self published. The style changes twice, perhaps as the author gains confidence in herself.
The story is good, however, and engaging. I found myself comparing it to the movie, "Children of a lesser God", that I saw in the theaters when it first came out in the mid 1980s. This story isn't quite that, but as a hearing person, it was the first time I really considered deaf people, and got an insight into their world. As a mother, I appreciated Tressa's trials and tribulations raising a deaf daughter, the times, her youth, and her family's initial lack of understanding made it more difficult for her. This story gave me a different window into the world of the deaf, and I found myself interested and intrigued again. It is a story of real life, with real issues, not trumped up or orchestrated drama.