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The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr β book review
The Necessary Hunger, Nina Revoyr’s debut novel first published in 1997, had the potential of being a great YA book. In many ways this novel was ahead of its times. Set in Inglewood, L. A., in the late 1980s The Necessary Hunger is narrated by seventeen-year-old Nancy Takahiro, a Japanese-American all-star high school basketball player.…
1980s, 1st pov, 2.5 STARS, America, American, ANGST, basketball, BOOK REVIEW, California, drama, f/f side, family, female authors, female friendships, friendships, Inglewood, japanese american author, jealousy, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, los angeles, navel gazing, Nina Revoyr, queer, RACE, read in 2020, sapphic, social issues, sports, The Necessary Hunger, unrequited love, YOUNG ADULT
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