Songs for the Silent

A deaf musician struggles to find her voice and place in a hearing world, forging unexpected friendships that challenge everything she knows about communication.

On certain mornings, before the city stirred fully awake, Clara liked to sit by the river and watch the light climb over the water. The dawn always arrived in silence for her, but not emptiness: the hush was alive with texture, with weight, like a cotton sheet brushing over skin. She could feel the tremor of wind on her cheek, see the tremble of leaves across the surface of the canal. And in those moments, she imagined what it might be like if sound had shape—like smoke curling into letters—or taste, or color that stained the sky. But the world offered no such gifts.

Published on 2026-02-03 by Jam eBooks