Opening up.
Bachelor Nation fans first met Abigail Heringer on Season 25 of “The Bachelor,” and she went on to find love with Noah Erb on Season 7 of “Bachelor in Paradise.”
During her time on the Bachelor Nation shows, Abigail opened up about her hearing loss and how she wears a cochlear implant.
And she’s been continuing to educate her followers about being deaf and wearing cochlear implants on social media.
Last month, Abi revealed that she’s releasing her very first book, her memoir, called “The Deaf Girl: A Memoir of Hearing Loss, Hope, and Fighting Against the Odds.”
Now, she’s answering fan questions about her highly anticipated upcoming book in a new Q&A.
One fan asked her how long the writing process took from start to finish.
Abi said, “We started brainstorming the idea of writing a book in winter of 2021 and officially started writing in 2022, then finished the manuscript at the end of 2023! So it was about 2.5 years to create ‘The Deaf Girl!’ It took a while to put the manuscript together since my mom and I had to unpack so many memories.”
Another fan asked Abigail what inspired her to write the book and she said her mom is the inspiration.
The Bachelor Nation star wrote, “When she was dealing with the hearing loss diagnosis of my older sister, she was scared and confused about what to do next. That night she turned on the Miss America pageant and saw Heather Whitestone, who had a cochlear implant, win the 1994 competition. All it took was a few minutes of representation, but it meant everything to my mom.”
Abi shared that she hopes this book can be that representation to anyone else who needs it.
She also shared the hardest part of the writing process and why it was so difficult for her.
Abigail said, “My experience with my high school ASL teacher was the hardest part to write about. The result of what happened led me to hate that I was deaf, which in turn resulted in a downward spiral over the following few years. Navigating a disability in high school was a TRIP. I think this part of the book will help share some more insight into why I felt isolated between communities (the hearing and capital ‘D’ Deaf) and some background into why this is the way it is.”
We are so excited to read Abi’s book this fall, and we know that her continuing to share her story helps so many people.
