The Necessary Hunger - Hardcover

Revoyr, Nina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684832348 ISBN 13: 9780684832340

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Two high-school girls growing up in the inner city, one Japanese-American, the other African-American, hunger for basketball stardom and a life beyond South Central Los Angeles. A first novel. 15,000 first printing.

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Review

"Beats with the pulse of life . . . A smooth, insightful read."—"Time"
"A quietly intimate, vigorously honest, and uniquely American hoop dream: tough and tender, without a single false note."—"Kirkus Reviews"
"I hope this engagingly written novel finds its way into the hands of young women and older one who experience similar passions for women and sports."—Rebecca Brown, author of" The Terrible Girls "and "What Keeps Me Here "

About the Author

Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of three novels. Nina has been an Associate Faculty member at Antioch University, a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, and the Remsen Bird Visiting Writer at Occidental College. She has also worked for more than a decade in the fields of child welfare and public education. Nina lives in Los Angeles with her English Springer Spaniel, Russell.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684832348
• ISBN 13: 9780684832340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 365