{"product_id":"soundtrack-of-silence-love-loss-and-a-playlist-for-life-9781250280220","title":"Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment he'd fallen in love for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a child, Matt Hay didn't know his hearing wasn't the way everyone else processed sound--because of the workarounds he did to fit in, even the school nurse didn't catch his condition at the annual hearing and vision checks. But by the time he was a prospective college student and couldn't pass the entrance requirements for West Point, Hay's condition, generated by a tumor, was unavoidable: his hearing was going, and fast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA personal soundtrack was Hay's 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 first date. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMade 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. It's an involving memoir of loss and disability, and, ultimately, a both unique and universal love story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Hay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.60w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250280220","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42453918023817,"sku":"9781250280220","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_93064234-c1c3-4eb8-9980-02bc521156dd.jpg?v=1716025271","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/soundtrack-of-silence-love-loss-and-a-playlist-for-life-9781250280220","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}