True Biz A Novel

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

A “tender, beautiful, and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel about a year of upheaval—romantic, political, and personal—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.

At the River Valley School for the Deaf, students just want to navigate crushes, ace their history exams, and stop being told what to do with their bodies by doctors, politicians, and parents.

Meet:
🔹 Charlie – a rebellious new transfer student who’s never met another deaf person before.
🔹 Austin – the school’s golden boy, whose world is upended when his baby sister is born hearing.
🔹 February – the school’s hearing headmistress and a CODA (child of deaf adults), struggling to keep both her marriage and the school afloat.

As personal and political crises collide, their lives become deeply intertwined, reshaping their futures forever.

A bold and absorbing novel, True Biz is a powerful exploration of sign language and self-discovery, disability and civil rights, love and loss—but above all, the persistence, joy, and strength of human connection.