Alandra's Lilacs: The Story of a Mother and Her Deaf Daughter

Very nice insight into a hearing Mother's deep love and understanding of her daughter being deaf from her childhood through adulthood. I thought the Mother's detailed account of what she experienced as a hearing parent and the various issues of life she experienced from her daughter's deafness was heartfelt. She wonderfully describes her acceptance of her daughter's eventual move and need for Deaf Culture. Hearing parents and family members, and those who interact and work with deaf adults, teens and children should find this very useful of not neglecting the importance of learning American Sign Language as a means of communication.

I read this book for a college project, the Deaf community is amazing and I am glad I can attend deaf events, socialize etc. This books is relatable for hearing parents to see how ASL is wonderful and learning the language for your child to communicate is beautiful. You create new relationships, but it comes with honesty of one's self. If the parents are ready for the next step. Its a beautiful book, love to recommend it to hearing parents and friends.

With time comes awareness; things change and we learn , grow and adapt. Mom did all that. She did look out for her daughter and tried her best to prepare her daughter for her future. Oralism is a joke when the mechanisms don’t work to begin with.Hearing or deaf, one should not be told to make a choice of one or the other-embrace both.

I stumbled across this book and ordered it as fast as I could. I used to work with the author many years ago and can vouch for the fact that she is a wonderful person and mother. I was so happy to see she wrote a book about her lovely daughter, whose wedding my wife and I were fortunate enough to be able to attend. This book is so real and honest and it was a treat to have Tressa share this with us. Tressa, I am so proud of you and the beautiful daughter you raised. I can just imagine how much you are enjoying those grand kids. Always your friend, Randy.

I read this book for my sign language college course and really enjoyed it. Alandra and her mother's journey is very insightful and really tugs at your heartstrings. Didn't want to put it down and definitely recommend.

An amazing book! I chose this book for my ASL101 book report but I would have chosen to read to it even without it being a requirement. I couldn’t put it down!

I would recommend this book to others wanting to learn more about how a parent deals with the hearing loss of their child. This book was an easy read and I found it very interesting to read.

Beautiful educational story of a Mother’s story about her raising a deaf daughter.