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Orchid Of The Bayou Summary

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Andres Gordon Into to exceptionalities November 19, 2015 Orchid of the Bayou The book is about a girl of Cajun decent named Fischer, who suffers from Usher syndrome. It causes deafness at birth and increasing tunnel vision. While growing up living in the bayou her parents and family thought she had a mental disorder. Throughout the book she provided memories and stories throughout out her time living in Cajun culture. When she got older she went to the Louisiana School for the Deaf at the age of six. It was here that Fischer learned to communicate by sign, she could have more of a normal life. Into her Adult years she left her Cajun roots behind to go to Washington D.C. She left her Cajun roots behind because she felt like it was holding
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