The book is marvelous for its accurate insights into Deaf culture. It uses a Deaf residential school setting as the basis for the many subplots so we get an inside look at deaf people - It is an ingenious device. We see the various aspects of Deaf culture from many points of view as Ms. Cohen explores issues through the various characters in the book. All the characters are very interesting and fully drawn. You feel as though you know each one of them when you're done.

I am a hearing man who has been involved in the Deaf community for over 30 years. I teach ASL at a college and have read just about all the books available on Deaf culture. This is the book that I now require for my level two students. It gives so much "inside" information about deaf people. And she does it through the many fascinating lives of each character, most of them deaf, a few hearing.

If you are an ASL student or know a deaf person, you should definitely read this book. If your professor doesn't now about this book yet, tell him or her to read it. Even if you've never met a deaf person I think that you will find this to be a great read. It is breezy yet poignant and you keep turning the page to see what happens next to each person involved.

Train Go Sorry by Leah Hager Cohen gives an interesting view of multiple peoples lives connected to the deaf world. The book reveals several stories that take us down the path the deaf community has taken to get to its present state and how at the same time the deaf culture is on the decline due to technology advancements i.e. cochlear implants and hearing aids.

The title is a little confusing for people who don't know much about the deaf community and ASL. Train go sorry essentially means "you missed the boat". The book tries to portray how the people in the deaf community or those around them have at times have missed the boat throughed failed meetings with family members, relationships, and everyday interactions with the hearing world.

This book at times jumps around and might make it difficult for some to read. However, when you look at it from an ASL lifestyle point of view the book seems to sense. Just as the deaf communities lives are jerky and not in a predicatable order at all times so is this book and I believe it is a reflection of that it is trying to show all the facets of the deaf community in any way possible including the order of the book.

If you would like to learn more about the history of the deaf community and ASL this book is for you. However, I would caution that technology has advanced and time has gone on for the ASL community. If you want to be current on these subjects I suggest doing some research. I enjoyed the book but I probably wouldn't have picked it out to read on my own it wasn't a required reading for a class.

Train go sorry is a story told by Leah Cohen about the Lexington School for the Deaf in New York City. This book delves into the Cohen family history and the dynamic between a hearing father and his deaf parents, and the relationship between the hearing daughter, Leah and her father who is overly involved in the Lexington School for the Deaf. The book explores the history of the school as well as touching on Deaf culture, American Sign Language, and controversial topics such as cochlear implantation.

This book introduces you to some integral students with complex stories to be told. We will follow these students throughout their time at Lexington. Getting to know these student and the difficulties they persevere through was my favorite portion of the book.

I occasionally became frustrated by the skipping around of chapters and the complete digression some of the chapters take from the book's intentions. Needless to say I enjoyed the book, and it is a nice quick summer read.

Leah Hager Cohen's "Train Go Sorry" recounts childhood stories told from a hearing child's perspective growing up within a residential school for the Deaf, but somehow loses it punch after the first 20-30 pages. The bulk of "TGS"s text is filled with the author's empathetic feelings for her peers, but seems to miss the point that is so vividly made within the book's title. In American Sign Language, the signs "Train" + "Go" + "Sorry" translates best to English as, "Missing the boat", and by my own account, the author makes reference to this (play on words/signs) on just a few occasions. TGS provides interesting insight into the relationship between the American hearing and Deaf communities, but lacks the continuity from chapter to chapter to be considered a decent read, by my standards. Pick this one up if you're interested in learning more about the Deaf culture, and how its members prepare themselves for life in the hearing world.

I will preface this review by stating that I was required to read this book for a graduate course called "Managing the hearing impaired child" this summer. Nevertheless, it was a decent read and for the most part I enjoyed it. Most pleasureable for me was learning about deaf residential school life through the eyes of the superintendent's "hearing" child. There was a lot of interesting family history (her paternal grandparents were deaf) as well as history about the school and how it evolved over the years (mostly oral background). I truly enjoyed reading about the personal stories of two underpriveledged deaf high schoolers who had different but equally difficult obstacles to overcome in order to find a future for themselves in the "hearing" world. Some chapters were a bit boring and felt laborious to get through at times but they were short so not to worry. Overall it was mostly easy to read and there were even some tearjerking moments. If you want to learn about the deaf culture in general, or the politics surrounding it (such as mainstreaming and cochlear implants), and even a bit about ASL and interpreting, this is a good book for you.