'Part tender coming of age story part electrifying tale of political awakening part heartfelt
love letter to Deaf culture True Biz is a wholly a wonder' Celeste Ng True biz (adj
exclamation American Sign Language): really seriously definitely real-talk True Biz 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 - and
changed forever. This is a story of sign language and lip-reading cochlear implants and civil
rights isolation and injustice first love and loss and above all great persistence daring
and joy. Absorbing and assured idiosyncratic and relatable True Biz is an unforgettable
journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.
