Sound (eBook)

Bathurst is good on aural geography ... when her hearing is restored, it is returned to someone who is profoundly changed by the experience

An empathetic, sensitive look at how a physical loss can transform the way you understand the world and how you live in it

Poignant ... I suspect [deafness] sharpened her writing. Bathurst's drive to communicate has been channelled into excellent non-fiction

'Extraordinary ... echoes long after you have turned the final page.

A book to remind us to treasure the gift of sound.

Fascinating ... Bathurst is a restless, curious writer, and she interweaves the story of her own experiences with imaginative research around hearing and sound ... After reading this book, I found myself listening in a richer and more interested way.

Terrifying, absorbing and ultimately uplifting. It's a hymn to the faculty of hearing by someone who had it, lost it and then found it again, written with passion and intelligence and full of matters that I knew little about. It's a brave and important work

'Her writing draws on all the senses ... This is a moving and fascinating book, all about sound and what it means to be human. It has its share of sound and fury, and benefits from a journalist's ability to listen. Many people with hearing loss, and more without, would benefit from hearing its message.