| Description | Typed transcript of the story of a girl born in India, but who moved to Karachi as part of the mass transfers of populations during the partition of India. In 1955, she moved in with a family in Stockton for three years to learn English. During her time in England, the lady with whom she was staying asked her famly history and wrote it down. It covers her life from a small child until she left England to return home at the age of 17 in 1958. In particular it focuses on her life as a deaf child and the challenges she faced communicating with others, and how it impacted her education and development. |