Contents

Prologue: Nine

Part 1: Drowning

Them and Me

Visions

Presto Change-o

Meaner

The Performance of Drowning

Lost Boy

Part 2: Passing

Little-d Deaf

On Being Told No

Passing Strange

Drag Acts

Shhhhhh!

Jobs for the Deaf

The Shallow End

Part 3: Emerging

Scare

Who Died and What Killed Them

Why I Should Matter

Epilogue: A Happy Life...