Soundtrack Of Silence: Love, Loss, And A Playlist For Life

Soundtrack Of Silence: Love, Loss, And A Playlist For Life

An Inspiring Memoir Of A Young Man Who Discovered He Was Going Completely Deaf Just At The Moment HeD Fallen In Love For The First Time.As A Child, Matt Hay DidnT Know His Hearing WasnT The Way Everyone Else Processed Sound-Because Of The Workarounds He Did To ?t In, Even The School Nurse DidnT Catch His Condition At The Annual Hearing And Vision Checks. But By The Time He Was A Prospective College Student And CouldnT Pass The Entrance Requirements For West Point, HayS Condition, Generated By A Tumor, Was Unavoidable: His Hearing Was Going, And Fast.A Personal Soundtrack Was HayS Determined Compensation For His Condition. As A Typical Midwestern Kid Growing Up In The 1980S Whose Life Events Were Pegged To Pop Music, Hay Planned To Commit His Favorite Songs To Memory. He Prepared A Mental Playlist Of The Bands He Loved And Created A Way To Tap Into His Most Resonant Memories. And The Track He Needed To Cement Most Clearly? The One He And His New Girlfriend, Nora-The Love Of His Life-Listened To In The Car On Their ?rst Date.Made Vivid With References To Instantly Recognizable Songs-From The Eagles To Elton John, Bob Marley To Bing Crosby, U2 To Peter Frampton-Soundtrack Of Silence Asks Readers To Run The Soundtrack Of Their Own Lives Through Their Minds. ItS An Involving Memoir Of Loss And Disability, And, Ultimately, A Both Unique And Universal Love Story.