★ ESSENTIAL
True Biz
Sara Nović, 2022
CALL NO...: 04-BOO
TYPE......: Book
ACCESS....: SEE BELOW
Named best book of 2022 by Publisher's Weekly, Washington Post, NPR, and Booklist. Nović is Deaf herself. Set at a residential school for the Deaf, it's practically a primer on Deaf culture, ASL, language deprivation, and cochlear implant politics — wrapped in a brilliant, character-driven novel. The most accessible entry point to Deaf cultural life in contemporary fiction. Required reading for anyone working on Deaf representation.
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▶ HOW TO ACCESS
Available at most public libraries, on Bookshare (free for print-disabled), and from Random House. Audiobook available — narrated with ASL descriptions intact.