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The day is ours
Story about a young deaf girl and the strains her condition puts on her family.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1948
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Hilda Lewis
48 books40 followersHilda Winifred Lewis (née Maizels, 1896-1974) was a British writer.
She wrote a noted children's book, The Ship that Flew (1939) which concerns Norse mythology and time travel. It was republished in the Oxford Children's Modern Classics series in 1998. Her three YA books, including the well-received The Gentle Falcon, are available for Kindle and iBooks.
Several of her historical novels, e.g. I am Mary Tudor (1972), received attention. Most of her work is now out of print. Wife to Charles II and I, Jacqueline are available in The Book People's historical fiction paperback collection. The Witch and the Priest (1956) about the seventeenth century Lincolnshire witch trials is well worth reading, even second hand in the freely available but lurid Dennis Wheatley paperback Library of the Occult format.
She wrote a noted children's book, The Ship that Flew (1939) which concerns Norse mythology and time travel. It was republished in the Oxford Children's Modern Classics series in 1998. Her three YA books, including the well-received The Gentle Falcon, are available for Kindle and iBooks.
Several of her historical novels, e.g. I am Mary Tudor (1972), received attention. Most of her work is now out of print. Wife to Charles II and I, Jacqueline are available in The Book People's historical fiction paperback collection. The Witch and the Priest (1956) about the seventeenth century Lincolnshire witch trials is well worth reading, even second hand in the freely available but lurid Dennis Wheatley paperback Library of the Occult format.
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January 17, 2013
Overly sentimental, and somewhat jarring to a modern reader in its treatment of the "handicap" of being deaf, and the emphasis on ensuring a deaf child must be able to speak at all costs, this was nevertheless an interesting read, and an insight into how the deaf were educated and regarded in the early and middle part of the 20th century.
Where it was most convincing was in its depiction of the effect on the family as a whole in having a child with problems.
I was keen to read it as it was the basis for the film "Mandy", which inspired my parents to call me Mandy! So I was sadly disappointed in not enjoying it more than I did, especially as I have so much enjoyed Hilda Lewis's historical novels.
Nevertheless, I do recommend giving it a go and feel that it does deserve a wider readership.
Where it was most convincing was in its depiction of the effect on the family as a whole in having a child with problems.
I was keen to read it as it was the basis for the film "Mandy", which inspired my parents to call me Mandy! So I was sadly disappointed in not enjoying it more than I did, especially as I have so much enjoyed Hilda Lewis's historical novels.
Nevertheless, I do recommend giving it a go and feel that it does deserve a wider readership.
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