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A deaf girl with a harsh mother struggles to keep her deafness a secret.
"I am normal. Can't you tell? Perfectly. Normal. Gorgeous, silent, mysterious. The girls want to be me. Everyone wants to have my mother as theirs. Every guy wants to be with me. And they've never heard me speak a word. And they never will."
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