Asphyxia Asphyxia

An interesting novel about a deaf teenage girl set in Australia in a dystopian not-too-distant future in which food is scarce because of a corporate-controlled government policy and fuel is scarce for some reason. The novel is protagonist Piper McBride’s journal, also filled with “her” artwork, who finds her voice when she learns to sign. Through her we learn something about what it’s like being deaf in a hearing-centered world. A well-told story.