Ruth Sidransky

Ruth Sidransky was born in the Bronx to two profoundly deaf parents. Her first language was Sign, and she translated the world's sounds for her parents throughout their lives. In 1990, Sidransky wrote IN SILENCE, a memoir of her life among the world of the Deaf. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, The New York Times called it "....a great act of love." Sidransky has appeared on Good Morning America and NPR, among others. Currently in her 9th decade, Ruth Sidransky published three books at the very...See more

Ruth Sidransky was born in the Bronx to two profoundly deaf parents. Her first language was Sign, and she translated the world's sounds for her parents throughout their lives. In 1990, Sidransky wrote IN SILENCE, a memoir of her life among the world of the Deaf. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, The New York Times called it "....a great act of love." Sidransky has appeared on Good Morning America and NPR, among others. Currently in her 9th decade, Ruth Sidransky published three books at the very end of 2014: A WOMAN'S PRIMER, a look at the qualities women need to survive and thrive; BRAVO CARRIE, her memoir of her adult daughter's struggle with cancer, and REPARATIONS, a novel about Europe at the end of World War II. Sidransky divides her time between Lenox, Massachusetts and southern Florida. See less