We hope you will join us for the next MSF book club discussion, led by Tara Lewis on Sunday, January 26, at 1 PM PST/4 PM EST. We will be reading True Biz by Sara Novic.

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. Read more about this book.

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. This is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.

You can get this book at your local library, your local bookseller, or online.

Registration is required. Please register by Saturday, January 25. https://bit.ly/3JPSx2P

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Image Description: Text: Book Club. January 26, 2025. 1 PM PST / 4 PM EST. Register by Saturday, January 25 to attend. True Biz book cover image, a graphic of a hand making an ASL sign.