![]() Charlie, on the other hand, has two hearing parents she has spent her life trying to adapt to the hearing world through a faulty implant and has fallen behind because of it. ![]() Austin comes from a prominent family that is deeply entrenched in the Deaf community and has instilled in him a sense of Deaf pride. ![]() The chapters, alternating between points of view and interspersed with visual ASL lessons and snippets of Deaf history, tell the story of February, headmistress of River Valley, and two of her students, Charlie and Austin.įebruary, who is hearing with a deaf mother, has dedicated her life to preserving Deaf culture and ensuring the safety and success of her students. “True Biz,” named after the colloquial ASL expression meaning “real talk,” follows the story of River Valley, a school for deaf students. ![]() ![]() (Photo courtesy of Goodreads)ĭid you know that there’s a dialect of Black American Sign Language (BASL) that has a distinct history and set of signs? Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell was a eugenicist? I didn’t until I read “True Biz” by Sara Nović: my most educational, inspirational, heartrending, frustrating read of the year. “True Biz” follows the headmistress and students of River Valley, a school for deaf students. ![]()
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