Deaf Utopia: A Memoirand a Love Letter to a Way of Life

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle failed his first testa hearing testto the joy and excitement of his parents. In this engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. A college math major and athlete at Gallaudetthe famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DCNyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions Americas Next Top Model and Dancing with the Starsultimately winning both competitions. Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthema proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyles primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience. Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smartboth a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful.