Reading Lips - by Jackie Gonzalez (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Reading Lips is the debut memoir by creator and deaf advocate Jackie G (@tismejackieg)--a candid, high-impact story of late diagnosis, lipreading, and redefining deaf identity while navigating love, loss, and belonging.

Bold, unfiltered, and deeply human. Jackie G invites readers into the real work of living with hearing loss: the exhaustion of lipreading, the sting of misconceptions, and the slow, beautiful building of identity, self-acceptance, and community in deaf culture.

Authority with heart. With 1.7M+ followers and viral lipreading storytelling, Jackie bridges education and empathy--showing that deafness is a spectrum and that deaf and hard of hearing lives are rich with friendship, joy, heartbreak, and triumph.

Inside, you'll find:

• Practical insight into lipreading's hidden toll--and how to advocate for accessible communication


• A clear, compassionate look at late-deafened identity, from mainstream education to community belonging


• Hopeful, affirming stories that normalize deaf experiences and empower allies to do better

If you liked Deaf Utopia, Year of the Tiger, or The Deaf Girl, then you'll love Reading Lips.