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03966aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 744094BACB4311EBA9DAFC9331ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210612010007 008 210520t20202014txua 000 0aeng 020 $a 195066578X 020 $a 9781950665785 035 $a (OCoLC)1251911401 040 $a LJW $b eng $c LJW $d SILO 100 1 $a Rarus, Brandi, $e author. 245 10 $a Finding Zoe : $b a deaf woman's story of identity, love, and adoption / $c Brandi Rarus and Gail Harris. 250 $a First Paperback edition 264 1 $a Dallas, TX : $b BenBella Books, $c [2020] 300 $a xviii, 265 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Four-month old Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her - yet agonized - feeling they couldn't handle raising a deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or would Zoe be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers? Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading, she was mainstreamed at school and socialized primarily in the hearing community. Brandi was a popular and happy teen, but communication - and being fully part of every conversation - was an ongoing struggle. In college, Brandi embraced Deaf Culture along with the joys of complete and effortless communication with her peers. For the first time, being deaf wasn't a handicap; it was a passport to a new and exciting world. Brandi went on to become Miss Deaf America in 1988 and served as a spokesperson for her community. It was during her tenure as Miss Deaf America that Brandi met Tim, a leader of the Gallaudet uprising in support of selecting the school's first deaf president. The two went on to marry and had three hearing boys - the first non-deaf children born in Tim's family in 125 years. Brandi was incredibly grateful to have her happy and healthy family, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing from her life. She had always dreamed she would have a daughter. Little did she know that just across the state line, Zoe was waiting for her. Set against the backdrop of Deaf America, Finding Zoe is an uplifting story of hope, adoption, and everyday miracles."-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a pt. 1. My winding road. -- Prologue -- Suddenly soundless -- Changed by a deaf priest -- Deaf president now -- Full circle -- Our family hears -- pt. 2. The roads of others. -- Jess and BJ -- Love's sacrifice -- The right thing to do -- pt. 3. The roads converge. -- Providence provides -- Waiting all our lives -- Epilogue. 600 10 $a Rarus, Zoe. 600 10 $a Rarus, Brandi. 600 17 $a Rarus, Brandi. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01993710 600 17 $a Rarus, Zoe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01993711 650 0 $a Deaf women $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Deaf children $z United States. 650 0 $a Deafness. 650 0 $a Adoption $z United States. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS $x Adoption & Fostering. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS $x Children with Special Needs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Adoption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00797076 650 7 $a Deaf children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888538 650 7 $a Deaf women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888565 650 7 $a Deafness. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888573 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 04 $a Biography. 700 1 $a Harris, Gail $c (Writer on parenting), $d 1956- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210612010402.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=744094BACB4311EBA9DAFC9331ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search