num_pages: 317
description: A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and Deaf culture anthem by Nyle DiMarco actor producer two-time reality show winner and cultural icon of the international Deaf community.Before becoming the actor producer advocate and model that people know today Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens New York. At the hospital one day after he was born Nyle failed his first testa hearing testto the joy and excitement of his parents.In this moving and engrossing memoir Nyle shares stories both heartbreaking and humorous of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him.A college math major and athlete at Gallaudetthe famed university for the Deaf in Washington DCNyle was drawn as a young man to acting and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions Americas Next Top Model and Dancing with the Starsultimately winning both competitions.Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir it is a cultural anthema proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language Nyles primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers parents and grandparents Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience.Deaf Utopia is intimate suspenseful hilarious eye-opening and smartboth a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful.
language: English
title: Deaf Utopia: A Memoir - And a Love Letter to a Way of Life
publisher: William Morrow