Goodbye Tchaikovsky

Novel GOODBYE TCHAIKOVSKY Michael Thal Audience: 10-16 ISBN: 978-0-88092-469-6 Number of Pages: 119 Pricing: Stores & Retailers $9.99 with 40% discount Paperback Publication Date: March 2012 Available Date: February 2012 Marketing: Support via special microsite A twelve-year-old violin virtuoso, David Rothman, is plunged into a deaf world, necessitating him to adapt to a new culture and language in order to survive. Rothman is an overnight success. He performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in New York’s Sym- phony Hall with rave reviews attracting the attention of the Queen of England. His future is laid out for him like a well-lit freeway. Then, on his birthday, David suffers from a sudden and irrepa- rable hearing loss, plunging him into a silent world. The novel shows how an adolescent boy copes with deafness. How will he communicate with his friends? What can he do about school? Where does his future lie? GOODBYE TCHAIKOVSKY Michael Thal This book would be an eye-opener for hearing people. As for me, if I had the chance to read it when I began losing my hearing at the age of 16, it would have given me hope, comfort and inspiration. I would rec- ommend this book to any young adult or teenager who is going through hearing loss or other disability. Valerie Stern, LCSW, Psychotherapist, Los Angeles About the Author Michael Thal grew up in the suburbs of New York City on Long Island. After graduating from the University of Buffalo he earned his master’s degree in education at Washington University, St. Louis. When he moved to Los Angeles, he continued his education and earned anoth- er master’s degree in Reading. He says: “I grew up in the hearing world. As a child I played the violin, went to concerts, movies, and Broadway shows. When my daughters were still in elementary school, I woke up to a profound silence caused by a virus. The virus attacked again six years later making my right ear deaf and my left with a 65% loss. I can understand people one-on-one, but not in groups. At the age of forty- four, the severe hearing loss took me away from my job as a sixth grade teacher. From that experience, I was inspired to write this story. If a person has a willingness to learn and an open mind to explore all pos- sibilities, he can ﬁnd a way to succeed.” PO Box 399 Unionville, NY 10988 T: (845) 726 4444 F:(845) 726 3824 email: [email protected] Royal Fireworks Press rfwp.com PO Box 399 Unionville, NY 10988 T: (845) 726 4444 F:(845) 726 3824 email: [email protected] Royal Fireworks Press rfwp.com

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Novel

GOODBYE TCHAIKOVSKY

Michael Thal

Audience: 10-16ISBN: 978-0-88092-469-6Number of Pages: 119Pricing: Stores & Retailers $9.99 with 40% discountPaperback Publication Date: March 2012Available Date: February 2012Marketing: Support via special microsite

A twelve-year-old violin virtuoso, David Rothman, is plunged into a deaf world, necessitating him to adapt to a new culture and language in order to survive. Rothman is an overnight success. He performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in New York’s Sym-phony Hall with rave reviews attracting the attention of the Queen of England. His future is laid out for him like a well-lit freeway. Then, on his birthday, David suffers from a sudden and irrepa-rable hearing loss, plunging him into a silent world. The novel shows how an adolescent boy copes with deafness. How will he communicate with his friends? What can he do about school? Where does his future lie?

GOODBYE TCHAIKOVSKYMichael Thal

This book would be an eye-opener for hearing people. As for me, if I had the chance to read it when I began losing my hearing at the age of 16, it would have given me hope, comfort and inspiration. I would rec-ommend this book to any young adult or teenager who is going through hearing loss or other disability.

Valerie Stern, LCSW, Psychotherapist, Los Angeles

About the Author

Michael Thal grew up in the suburbs of New York City on Long Island. After graduating from the University of Buffalo he earned his master’s degree in education at Washington University, St. Louis. When he moved to Los Angeles, he continued his education and earned anoth-er master’s degree in Reading. He says: “I grew up in the hearing world. As a child I played the violin, went to concerts, movies, and Broadway shows. When my daughters were still in elementary school, I woke up to a profound silence caused by a virus. The virus attacked again six years later making my right ear deaf and my left with a 65% loss. I can understand people one-on-one, but not in groups. At the age of forty-four, the severe hearing loss took me away from my job as a sixth grade teacher. From that experience, I was inspired to write this story. If a person has a willingness to learn and an open mind to explore all pos-sibilities, he can find a way to succeed.”

PO Box 399 Unionville, NY 10988T: (845) 726 4444 F:(845) 726 3824email: [email protected]

Royal Fireworks Pressrfwp.comPO Box 399 Unionville, NY 10988

T: (845) 726 4444 F:(845) 726 3824email: [email protected]

Royal Fireworks Pressrfwp.com