Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
Keywords: deaf , deaf-girl , deaf-mute , deafness , listening , man-woman-relationship , schoolroom , sign-languages , teacher , teacher-student-relationship , teachers-and-students , woman-director