'Original, tender, thoughtful and true' Reese Witherspoon 'Part
tender coming of age story, part electrifying tale of political
awakening, part heartfelt love letter to Deaf culture, True Biz is
a wholly a wonder' Celeste Ng NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S
BOOK CLUB PICK - A 'tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged' (The
New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic
romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her
students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed
author of Girl at War. True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign
Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk True biz? The
students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook
up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and
their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This
revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential
school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious
transfer student who's never met another deaf person before;
Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked when his
baby sister is born hearing; and February, the headmistress, who is
fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might
not be able to do both. As a series of crises both personal and
political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and
February find their lives inextricable from one another - and
changed forever. This is a story of sign language and lip-reading,
disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love
and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy.
Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an
unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal
celebration of human connection.
General
Imprint: |
Abacus
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2023 |
Authors: |
Sara Novic
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 126 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
386 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-14499-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
LSN: |
0-349-14499-0 |
Barcode: |
9780349144993 |
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