Allen & Unwin Sound book Health, mind & body English Paperback 256 pages
- 'By the summer of 1998
- It had become clear that there was something wrong with my hearing
- It didn't happen suddenly but softly
- So softly I almost wasn't aware of it happening
- Sound seemed to have stolen away
- 'For twelve years
- Bella Bathurst was deaf
- She missed the punchlines and the jokes
- Avoided busy restaurants and raucous parties
- And grew her hair long to cover hearing aids
