True Biz

By Sara Nović

Categories: Literature & Fiction

True Biz is Sara Nović's novel set at a residential school for the deaf, told through the lives of students and their headmistress. Charlie, a rebellious teenager with a failing cochlear implant, arrives at the River Valley School for the Deaf. She befriends Austin, a popular boy from a deaf family, while the hearing headmistress February struggles with her school's future and her own family. Mixing story with lessons on sign language and deaf history, the book explores identity, language and belonging.

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• Reese Witherspoon: “Goodness, I can’t even begin to put into words all the feelings this book provoked! This month’s @ReesesBookClub pick #TrueBiz by #SaraNović is an eye opening and heartfelt story about human connection and the beauty and adversity woven into the deaf community and culture. 📚💯✨”