Terrible Horses

From award-winning poet, educator, artist and 2026 Booker Prize judge, a groundbreaking memoir about family, identity, history and language. 'A big-hearted, transformative memoir' New York Times 'A quiet revolution' Irish Times'Searing . . . often heart-rending' GuardianRaymond Antrobus was diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn't believe he was deaf at all. The Quiet Ear tells his story - from childhood to fatherhood - and the stories of other D/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D/deaf creativity Antrobus did not have growing up. Told with the electrifying prose of a poet, this groundbreaking and moving memoir explores family, identity, history and language, and what it means to be in a world saturated with noise.A TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR'Should force readers to pause and reflect' Independent'Wise, intimate and questing' Telegraph 'Read this book' Lemn Sissay 'An essential education' Safiya Sinclair 'Important, honest, eye-opening and beautifully written' Bernardine Evaristo 'A must read' Rose Ayling-Ellis 'A modern classic' Roger Robinson 'Changed the way I will move through the world' Clint Smith

In a relatable tale about two siblings at constant odds, a child discovers that expressing himself through stories can help resolve conflict and generate understanding.<BR><BR>My sister is cooler than me. <BR>I want her friends to be my friends. <BR>I want her things to be my things.<BR><BR>For one little boy and his older sister, fights are always waiting to happen—when he takes something without asking, jumps on her bed without asking, even wanders off without asking. And when they fight, they don’t use words: it’s all push, pull, hurt, hide. To cool off after, the boy retreats to his room to write and draw stories—stories about terrible horses trampling and galloping, while he is a lone pony unable to compete or speak or sleep. One morning, the boy wakes up to find his sketchbook missing, taken by his sister. What now? Will this make things worse, or could it help them to finally understand each other? With empathy and simplicity, Terrible Horses has much to say about using creativity to rein in anger, reflect, and see life through someone else’s eyes.