Bestselling author heather gudenkauf is partially deaf, herself. You wont be able to put down this breathless story of a young nurse, amelia winn, who has lost everything after a tragic accident her nursing career. The washington post a shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this gripping novel from new york times bestselling author heather gudenkauf when a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she ends up losing everything that mattersher job, her husband, david, and her. Gudenkauf kept me guessing throughout as she always does.
Heather gudenkauf is on my list of favourite authors and she did not disappoint with not a sound. Jul 06, 2017 gudenkauf details amelias depression, battle with the booze, her self imposed exile from life and the losses amelia had to endure. These things hidden 2011 one breath away 2012 little mercies 2014 missing pieces 2016 not a. But in addition to being transfixed by the action, you also really care about the characters. Heather gudenkauf, author of the weight of silence and little mercies, was featured as a speaker at the united for libraries gala author tea at the 2014 ala annual conference and exhibition in las vegas. A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this latest novel from new york times bestselling author heather gudenkauf when a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose e. When a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that mattersher job, her husband, david, and. Missing pieces by heather gudenkauf book club discussion. All is not forgotten by wendy walker optioned for film by reese witherspoon, walkers novel has an intriguing concept.
Library journal gudenkauf renders some of the most compelling and likable female characters in print todayrecommended for all fans of psychological suspense. When a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that mattersher job, her. Nurse amelia winn suddenly becomes deaf when she is involved in a tragic accident. Buy one breath away by heather gudenkauf online at alibris.
Told entirely through the eyes of amelia, a former nurse, who lost her hearing after being rundown in a parking lot, this story offers up a unique lead. These things hidden 2011 one breath away 2012 little mercies 2014 missing pieces 2016 not a sound 2017 before she was. My first heather gudenkauf book so not sure what to expect. Heather gudenkauf is back with a new thriller, not a. Some of these essential services include lip reading courses, service dogs and speech pathology classes. Having been born with a profound unilateral hearing loss there were many evenings when heather and her father made a trip to the bus barn to look around the.
Some of these essential services include lip reading courses, service dogs and speech pathology. Jul 02, 2014 heather gudenkauf, author of the weight of silence and little mercies, was featured as a speaker at the united for libraries gala author tea at the 2014 ala annual conference and exhibition in las vegas. Gudenkauf, who identifies as hearingimpaired, vividly. Heather gudenkauf graduated from the university of iowa with a degree in elementary education and for the past sixteen years has worked with elementary children. As dawns shimmering light drenches the humid iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night. In her latest, not a sound, she again delivers a sharp story with strong characters and a tightly drawn plot. The captioning is provided by the fcc for hearing impaired people and is free after you contact them and register the device.
The dubuque writer who was born hearing impaired emerged with her bestselling the weight of silence in 2009. Gudenkauf, who is hearingimpaired, blends a straightforward and illuminating portrait of amelias disability into this riveting tale. Heather gudenkauf is 49 years old and was born on 06161970. Both of us must struggle to hear others in a noisy environment. The book kept you guessing as to the identity of the killer,although i guessed it about halfway through. Gudenkauf, hearing impaired herself, uses this story to highlight the services available to the hearing impaired. She sat down with american libraries to talk about her love of reading, her writing process, and the importance of continue reading an interview. I was born with a profound hearing loss that was discovered when i was in elementary school. We have the lowest prices on the largest selection of hearing products, including hearing impaired telephones, hearing aid batteries and devices for the deaf and hard of hearing. The story is told from the perspective of a former nurse who lost her hearing in an accident. Bestselling author heather gudenkauf returns with a shocking, unputdownable thriller, perfect for fans of jodi picoult, paula hawkins and b. In it, her protagonist, amelia winn, is a nurse who is deaf following an accident years ago. She told, i wanted to feature a heroine who is smart, strong and fiercely independent, who happens to be deaf.
Heather gudenkauf, author of the weight of silence and little. Sometimes heather goes by various nicknames including heather a gudenkauf and heather a schmida. Jun 03, 2017 not a sound by heather gudenkauf park row. Heather gudenkauf is one of my favorite new authors, and not a sound explains why. I am a huge fan of gudenkauf and i thoroughly enjoyed her latest thriller. I was born with unilateral hearing loss, which means im deaf in one ear. The weight of silence 2009 finalist 2010 edgar award for best first novel finalist 2010 barry award for best paperback. Heather gudenkauf author not a sound by heather gudenkauf not a sound psychological thrillerhaving lost her hearing in a tragic accident, amelia sets out to discover not only who murdered her good friend, gwen, but why. To top that off, shes just a really, really nice person. This must definitely be remedied i can see my himalayan tbr pile growing even higher. Since then, they stayed there until heather grew up. Heather was born with a hearing impairment and used books as her retreat, becoming a voracious reader and planting the seed of becoming a writer.
May 30, 2017 heather gudenkauf is one of my favorite new authors, and not a sound explains why. Having been born with a profound unilateral hearing loss there were many evenings when heather and her father made a trip to the bus barn to look around the school bus for her hearing aids that she often conveniently would forget on the seat beside her, heather tended to use books as a retreat, would climb into the toy box that her fathers students from rosebud made for the family with a pillow, blanket, and flashlight, close the lid, and escape the world around her. Heather gudenkauf also got multiple recommendations. Booktrib is partnering with bookish to bring you more great content, including this article by heather gudenkauf, discussing the inspiration behind, not a sound, her new thriller and her own experience with hearing loss heather gudenkauf s not a sound kicks off with amelia winn, a deaf former er nurse, and her service dog stitch stumbling across the corpse of gwen locke in the woods. When i looked up the author, i learned that she is also hearing impaired, so i would imagine the dilemmas the protagonist, amelia, faces as someone who is hearing impaired are very realistic. Whether you are looking for important alerting devices like specialty smoke detectors or doorknock sensors, communication aids, personal amplified devices, telephones. Later, the gudenkauf family moved to iowa, when author heather was three years old.
Heather gudenkauf surprises her readers with each turn, and with each new possible scenario. Review not a sound, heather gudenkauf austcrimefiction. The best mystery and suspense for your reading group. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. New york times bestselling author heather gudenkauf when a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals into a depression. May 30, 2017 not a sound is a compelling, pageturner of a thriller similar to wait until dark, but with a hearing impaired protagonist. Gudenkauf details amelias depression, battle with the booze, her self imposed exile from life and the losses amelia had to endure. She sat down with american libraries to talk about her love of reading, her writing process, and the importance of continue reading an interview with heather gudenkauf.
Heather gudenkauf new york times bestselling author. The weight of silence by heather gudenkauf librarything. Her life spirals into a depression and she becomes an alcoholic resulting in the loss of her husband, stepdaughter and job. The washington post a shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this gripping novel from new york times bestselling author heather gudenkauf when a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she ends up losing everything that mattersher job, her husband, david, and her stepdaughter, nora. You wont be able to put down this breathless story of a young nurse, amelia winn, who has lost everything after a tragic accident her nursing career, her husband, her stepdaughter, and even her hearing. This gripping tale will keep you up all night heat an action packed thriller. May 31, 2017 curious, amelia begins asking questions about gwens work situation an investigation complicated by amelias profound deafness. Curious, amelia begins asking questions about gwens work situation an investigation complicated by amelias profound deafness. The main character in not a sound has a profound hearing loss. A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this latest novel from new york times bestselling author heather gudenkauf when a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters her job. Dec 06, 2017 heather gudenkauf also got multiple recommendations. An interview with heather gudenkauf american libraries magazine. At one month of age, her family returned to the rosebud indian reservation in south dakota where her father was.
Heather gudenkauf is an american author of suspense novels. Heather gudenkauf is the edgar award nominated, new york times and usa today bestselling author of the weight of silence, these things hidden and not a sound. A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this latest novel from new york times bestselling author heather gudenkauf. The sixth novel by dubuque resident and bestselling author heather gundenkauf centers. New york times bestselling author gudenkauf was born with a profound hearing impairment, and books were a refuge in her early life. Her debut mystery, the weight of silence, was a 2010 edgar finalist for best first novel. Heather gudenkauf is an edgar award nominated new york times and usa today bestselling author of the weight of silence, these things hidden and not a sound. She works with atrisk schools as a reading coordinator, has three teenage children, and still manages to be a bestselling author. Add in a murder, a slump of an almost exhusband and a dog that sometimes listens and i was sometimes intrigued, often irritated and frequently impatient especially with amelia and her poor decisions as she runs.
Also, i learned from the authors note that gudenkauf herself is hearing impaired. This phone has many features such as saving your last conversations captions for. Gudenkauf cleverly incorporates the daily challenges of hearingimpaired individuals and delivers a fastpaced, solid suspense novel. Not a sound is a compelling, pageturner of a thriller similar to wait until dark, but with a hearingimpaired protagonist.
When a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals. In the epilogue to not a sound, gudenkauf says that, like amelia, she has firsthand experience of being hearing impaired. Im deaf in my left ear which makes it hard for me to. When she discovers the body of a fellow nurse deep in the woods near her cabin, amelia winn, who lost her hearing in an accident two years earlier, is plunged into a mystery that could shatter her carefully reconstructed life. The author heather gudenkauf morgan hawthorne curious, amelia begins asking questions about gwens work situation an investigation complicated by amelias profound deafness. You will root for amelia even if your hearing is 100%. Heather gudenkauf is the nyt bestselling author of the weight of silence and before she was found.
Description from when a tragic accident leaves nurse amelia winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that mattersher job, her husband, david, and her stepdaughter, nora. I live in iowa, so i greatly appreciated gudenkauf s use of iowa as the setting in her book. Because of her unilateral hearing impairment, which she has acquired since her birth, author heather often used to indulge herself in reading various types of books as a retreat. Jun 16, 2017 my first heather gudenkauf book so not sure what to expect. Download audiobooks by heather gudenkauf at and save. She now returns the favor to her readers by rendering some of the most compelling and likable female characters in print today. Years ago, i discovered heather gudenkauf with her first book, the weight of silence, and became a passionate reader of her work. Heather gudenkauf new york bestselling author novelist.
Heather was born in wagner, south dakota, the youngest of six children. Perhaps it is this deep personal understanding of amelias daily struggles that make her character so sympathetic and believable. I liked the idea of someone newly deaf living in a hearing world. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Like the vast majority of writers, gudenkauf is a lifelong bookworm, perhaps even more so than the typical author her total hearing loss in. Not a sound kept me reading till the birds started chirping. Booktrib is partnering with bookish to bring you more great content, including this article by heather gudenkauf, discussing the inspiration behind, not a sound, her new thriller and her own experience with hearing loss heather gudenkauf s not a sound kicks off with amelia winn, a deaf former er nurse, and her service dog stitch stumbling across the corpse of gwen locke in.
Written by heather gudenkauf, audiobook narrated by julia whelan. Maxiaids hearing hearing aid batteries products for. Currently, along with writing, heather is an instructional coach, an educator who provides teachers with curricular, student, and professional development support. Click to read more about the weight of silence by heather gudenkauf. A story where chilling secrets unravel, not a sound follows deaf protagonist amelia, drawn into a murder investigation that has put her own life in danger. Jenny kramer, the teenage victim of a brutal rape, is given a controversial drug that. An interview with heather gudenkauf american libraries. Heather gudenkauf lays the groundwork for her promising mystery and compelling cast of characters with a startling hitandrun. Not a sound is the new thriller from heather gudenkauf, published in paperback by hq harper collins imprint on th july 2017. Jun 19, 2017 gudenkauf details amelias depression, battle with the booze, her self imposed exile from life and the losses amelia had to endure. In not a sound, your protagonist amelia winn is deaf.