# True Biz: Reese's Book Club - Hardcover

by **Sara Novic** (Author)

**_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_**

"For those who loved the Oscar-winning film _CODA,_ a boarding school for deaf students is the setting for a kaleidoscope of experiences."--_The Washington Post_

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, _The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist_

_True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk  
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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 hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) 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.

### Author Biography

**Sara Novic** holds an MFA from Columbia University, where she studied fiction and literary translation. Her first novel, _Girl at War,_ won the American Library Association's Alex Award, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is an instructor of Deaf studies and creative writing, and lives in Philadelphia with her family.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 1.6 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** April 05, 2022

**Award:** Alex Awards (2023)

## Details

- **Price:** 28.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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