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Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law / Haben Girma.

Girma, Haben, 1988- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781538728734 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: vi, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: Firs trade edition.
Publisher: New York : Twelve, 2020.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published in hardcover: New York : Twelve, 2019.

Formatted Contents Note:

Hello and welcome (introduction) -- The expeditions begin -- War, kings, and the journey to freedom -- Gender and a load of bull -- The girl with the keyboard -- When they took my father -- Dancing in enchanted hills -- Operation get my parents to say yes -- Water fights in the desert -- Adventures in the African night -- Guarding a secret from the village -- A lift out of the latrine -- The confidence question -- The chapter my parents shouldn't read -- Play like no one's watching -- A positive blindness philosophy -- I don't believe fairytales, except this one -- Society's beliefs v. personal experiences : the PB&J case -- Never ever run from a bear -- The little dog that makes earthquakes -- Love is following me up an iceberg -- Not your typical Harvard Law School story -- Kicking butt, legally speaking -- The White House ADA celebration -- Epilogue.