Yes, You Can, Heather!: The Story of Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995

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Summary: A mother's life with a hearing impaired daughter
Review: I find it educational and fascinating! As a hearing impaired person, I can relate to Heather's experiences through life. Her mother, Daphne Gray, is reminded of my mother, too so we all related to that ! I love the book and I think it's a very educational for new parents or parents with hearing impaired child/children!! Anybody who has a friend who is hearing impaired must read this book to understand how a hearing impaired person may go through life

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Summary: Yes You Can Heather!
Review: I found this book extremely cut and dry. It dragged on to me. I was very intrested in the story of Heather Whotestone but found this book just to be a bore.

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Summary: READ IT, READ IT, READ IT!
Review: Okay, so I am a little biased towards this book. I actually had the most amazing experience this past summer. The company I work for brought her in as a guest speaker for our annual meeting's Christian breakfast. I have never been a Miss America fan, but her story amazed me, so I spent the $20 to see her speak. Never, in my life, has a speaker brought me to tears and laughter in just one sentence. She is such an amazing person.....absolutely amazing.

After the breakfast, I stayed behind and got my picture with her! Out in the lobby they were giving out her new book and I read it on my plane ride home. I literally got sick to my stomach when I thought about all the times I told myself that "I can't do it." This book showed me that you can do whatever you want, within reason! Her mother never gave up, her family never gave up, Heather never gave up, and the schools that specialized in her hearing program never gave up.

Well...since the book was written by her mother and not a professional writer, of course it will be dry and choppy at times, but it was the story and the fight that made it worth reading.

Oh, and one more thing, the part that touched my heart the most is when she talks about how she learned to dance ballet as a deaf child. Wow...I get teary-eyed just thinking of it. God is such an important part of her life and you should think of that while reading it.

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Summary: a wonderful book about climbing over obstacles
Review: This book showed me that everybody can over come big or small obstacles and be what you what to be. That even if you are diasbled or handicaped that you can accomplish your dreams and goals.