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The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr
5.0
The Necessary Hunger
by Nina Revoyr
1997/2019 (due 3-5-19)
Akashic, Brooklyn
5.0 / 5.0
What an amazing book and story! It will stay with me and be read many times.
The protagonist, Nancy Takahiro is an Asian American, 6´0´, and an all-star High School basketball player. And a lesbian. She develops a crush on a rival, Raina Webber, and African American all-star point guard. It becomes interesting and intense when Nancyś dad falls in love with Rainaś mom, and decide to move in together. They move to Inglewood.
Revoyr has developed realistic characters, easy to relate to. She weaves a story of sexual orientation and coming out with the challenge of racial identity and class. The intensity, practice and devotion to womens basketball helps Nancy keep it together and feel comfortable.
This would be great for LGBTQ and cultural studies classes, too.
Thanks to Akashic, Nina Revoyr, and LibraryThing for sending this ARC for review.
by Nina Revoyr
1997/2019 (due 3-5-19)
Akashic, Brooklyn
5.0 / 5.0
What an amazing book and story! It will stay with me and be read many times.
The protagonist, Nancy Takahiro is an Asian American, 6´0´, and an all-star High School basketball player. And a lesbian. She develops a crush on a rival, Raina Webber, and African American all-star point guard. It becomes interesting and intense when Nancyś dad falls in love with Rainaś mom, and decide to move in together. They move to Inglewood.
Revoyr has developed realistic characters, easy to relate to. She weaves a story of sexual orientation and coming out with the challenge of racial identity and class. The intensity, practice and devotion to womens basketball helps Nancy keep it together and feel comfortable.
This would be great for LGBTQ and cultural studies classes, too.
Thanks to Akashic, Nina Revoyr, and LibraryThing for sending this ARC for review.