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Hardback. Condizione: Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War This important novel should--true biz--change minds and transform the conversation.--Maile Meloy, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talkTrue 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 hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) 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, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection. …

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

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Condizione: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. James Mondey, fresh back from a visit to his family in the States, returns to his friends in Oxford with terrible news. With the help of his friends, they may be able to save James from destitution While hosting a public event to better the dashing dipsomaniac's standing with his family, a horrible accident puts the festivities on hold. if it>was an accident at all. It is now up to Inspector Gabriel Daniels-along with the unwarranted meddling of the Criminology Society-to solve the mystery of the>Criminal's Crucible.…

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Hardback. Condizione: Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE AND BOOKLIST For readers of The Tiger s Wife and All the Light We Cannot See comes a powerful debut novel about a girl s coming of age and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war. Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world. New York, 2001. Ana is now a college student in Manhattan. Though she s tried to move on from her past, she can t escape her memories of war secrets she keeps even from those closest to her. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, Ana returns to Croatia after a decade away, hoping to make peace with the place she once called home. As she faces her ghosts, she must come to terms with her country s difficult history and the events that interrupted her childhood years before. Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Novi fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl and its legacy on all of us. It s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today. Praise for Girl at War Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth. The New York Times Book Review (Editor s Choice) An] old-fashioned page-turner that will demand all of the reader s attention, happily given. A debut novel that astonishes. Vanity Fair Shattering . . . The book begins with what deserves to become one of contemporary literature s more memorable opening lines. The sentences that follow are equally as lyrical as a folk lament and as taut as metal wire wrapped through an electrified fence. USA Today Gripping . . . Novi, in tender and eloquent prose, explores the challenge of how to live even after one has survived. O: The Oprah Magazine Powerful and vividly wrought . . . Novi writes about horrors with an elegant understatement. In cool, accomplished sentences, we are met with the gravity, brutality and even the mundaneness of war and loss as well as the enduring capacity to live. San Francisco Chronicle Intimate and immense . . . a writer whose own gravity and talent anchor this novel. The New York Times An important and profoundly moving reading experience. The National Remarkable. Julia Glass, The Boston Globe A] powerful, gorgeous debut novel. Adam Johnson, The Week An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual. . . a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind. Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War This important novel should--true biz--change minds and transform the conversation.--Maile Meloy, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talkTrue 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 hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) 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, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War This important novel should--true biz--change minds and transform the conversation.--Maile Meloy, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talkTrue 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 hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) 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, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection. …