TRAIN GO SORRY: Inside a Deaf World

This book is written by a woman who loves language. She uses it with precision and beauty. It is worth reading, even if you have no interest in the deaf community, for the mastery of the writing. If you have an interest in deaf culture, if gives a precise picture of a time and a struggle which is beautifully balanced between a personal and a wider cultural setting.

The book is marvelous for its accurate insights into Deaf culture. It uses a Deaf residential school setting as the basis for the many subplots so we get an inside look at deaf people - It is an ingenious device. We see the various aspects of Deaf culture from many points of view as Ms. Cohen explores issues through the various characters in the book. All the characters are very interesting and fully drawn. You feel as though you know each one of them when you're done. I am a hearing man who has been involved in the Deaf community for over 30 years. I teach ASL at a college and have read just about all the books available on Deaf culture. This is the book that I now require for my level two students. It gives so much "inside" information about deaf people. And she does it through the many fascinating lives of each character, most of them deaf, a few hearing. If you are an ASL student or know a deaf person, you should definitely read this book. If your professor doesn't now about this book yet, tell him or her to read it. Even if you've never met a deaf person I think that you will find this to be a great read. It is breezy yet poignant and you keep turning the page to see what happens next to each person involved.

I found this book taking me into a deaf culture and the trials that deaf people have. I am an ASL student and have read many books but found this to be more intimate. I highly recommend this book.

I really enjoyed this book. Once I started it I could not put it down. Leah Hagar Cohen described the school, the deaf students and their teachers, her family all so well that I felt like I was there with her walking down the school's corridors. I really felt like I got to know the people that she focused on and appreacited her sharing her own personal story about her contact with the deaf community.

I really enjoyed this book. Leah Hager Cohen has managed to create a portrayal of the Deaf Community which is thought provoking and interesting. Anyone with a connection to the Deaf Community ought to read this book. Cohen comes from an extreme viewpoint of inclusion being wrong for the Deaf Community and Deaf children. However, in this book she is able to portray, in a passionate way, the importance of the Deaf Community for Deaf people without pushing her views on inclusion. Cohen creates an atmosphere of warmth and companionship within her text that speaks out in a louder voice than any argument on the street against inclusion