02587cam a2200457 i 4500 554541109 TxAuBib 20220419120000.0 210525s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021024265 9780593241509 hardcover 0593241509 hardcover TxAuBib rda Nović, Sara, 1987- True biz : a novel / Sara Novic. First Edition. New York : Random House, [2022] ©2022. 386 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reese's book club Reese's book club "Reese's Book Club"--Dust jacket. "True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, 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 at the same time. 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, cochlear implants 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20220419. Deaf children Fiction. Deaf Education Fiction. Deaf Fiction. Deaf Means of communication Fiction. Friendship Fiction. American Sign Language Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Boarding schools Fiction. Domestic fiction. School fiction. Nović, Sara., New York : Random House, 2022. Reese's book club. Reese's book club.