Hurt Go Happy

I recently read a book called Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby.

Joey is a deaf girl isolated from the world because her mother won't let her learn sign language. One day, she stumbles upon a neighbor, Charlie, with a pet chimpanzee named Sukari. Through them she is able to begin learning sign language and convince her mom to let her. When Charlie dies, Sukari is put in a testing facility and Joey has to rescue her.

This book paints a clear picture of what it is like to be deaf. I learned about the horrors that face abandoned primates also.