PM Page Turners - True Biz In-Person
Join us for a discussion on True Biz (2022, Contemporary) by Sara Novic (386 pages, 4.07 on Goodreads). This book was a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Fiction (2022).
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's—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.
Copies of the book will be distributed at the previous meeting and, afterward, are available by visiting the front desk at either Centerville or Woodbourne Library. The book is available in Regular Print and Large Print. No registration is necessary, but participants are encouraged to read the book prior to attending the discussion
- Date:
- Tuesday, July 15, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Woodbourne Community Room - East Half, Woodbourne Community Room - West Half
- Building:
- Woodbourne Library
- Audience:
- Adults Seniors
- Categories:
- Stats: Ages (Adults) Adults Book Discussions Outreach
