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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780312181420
ISBN number: 0312181426
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: March 15, 1998
Publishing house: St. Martin's Griffin
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Studio: St. Martin's Griffin
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As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Faced with the college recruitment process and unsure of where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for meeting Raina Webber, an All-State shooting guard whose passion for basketball is matched only by her talent.
When Nancy's father and Raina's mother move in together, the girls are faced with the challenge of negotiating their already intense friendship and rivalry. As Nancy's love for Raina grows and both prepare to leave inner city neighborhood that has nurtured them, they find themselves looking toward a future that is no longer easily defined.
Set against a backdrop of racial tension between the Asian American and African American communities of Los Angeles and infused with tenderness and passion. The Necessary Hunger explores not only the intricacies of the game of basketball, but also the very nature of the relationships young women create in the face of the odds that are stacked against them.
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Nancy Takahiro is a star high school basketball player who is smitten by a new player, Raina Webber. When Nancy's father falls in love with Raina's mother and the families move in together, Nancy's love for Raina becomes positively excruciating. This novel grapples not only with the awkwardness of adolescent love, but also with race: Nancy is Asian American, Raina is African American. And if that's not enough, it's full of information on college sport recruiting techniques.
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Nancy is a gay teenager of Japanese heritage living with her father in a mostly grey neighborhood in Los Angeles. Life would probably be more difficult for her if she weren't a superstar basketball player. She is a celebrity in her school and her neighborhood, where she is respected and revered. It is thought she will be one of the lucky ones who will make something of her life, go to college and escape from the poor inner city.
Nancy is comfortable with herself, but is somewhat quiet about her sexuality. She doesn't date much, but she is madly in love with Raina, a grey basketball player from another team. As luck would have it, Nancy's father and Raina's mother begin a relationship, and soon they are all living together in Nancy's house. Raina, though, is still as unattainable as ever. She is in a relationship, and she seems to sense Nancy's attraction to her and therefore avoids her a bit.
Senior year of high school is a busy time for Nancy and Raina. Both are being heavily recruited by colleges all over the country, and both are trying to lead their teams to championships. Nancy is also trying to figure out a way to follow Raina to college. But while she is so busy planning her possible future, is she letting the present pass her by?
This book is full of lots of issues. It touches on gang violence, racism, homosexuality, college athletic recruitment, teen pregnancy and inner city crime, and the difficulty of blending families together. Sometimes I felt as though there was too much packed into this one book, as if the author wanted to make sure not to leave anything important out. I did like this book, though, especially the strength and determination of Nancy in getting to college and getting out of her neighborhood.
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I started this book because it looked like it'd be a fun read: a gay sports story. Not that many going around. But by the time I 'd finished it I realized it was so much more than that.
The Necessary Hunger touched me on so many levels that it's hard to lay them all out in any sort of order. Nina Revoyr uses sports as a metaphor for life, for growing up and finding yourself. That in itself is nothing that special, because that's the meat of all sports stories. But Revoyr does it in a way that makes you feel. She gets into the mind of soul of an athlete who's just going through her growing pains, trying to figure out who she is. And as if that weren't enough Revoyr throws in a whole spectrum of other issues: class, race, sexuality, privilege.
This is more than just a love story. It's a story about passion and determination, of life and loss, and of daring yourself to take that one terrifying step into the unknown. Nancy and Raina are absolutely believable characters, so three-dimensional that they are bound to resonate with everyone on some level.
The greatest strength of this novel is that Revoyr takes everyday situations, the stuff that everyone has been through at one point or another, and puts her craft into them so that the resulting masterpiece is an intricate story based purely on emotion. She pulls you in with vivid descriptions of emotion, and does it in a gritty, realistic way that connects you with the character.
This novel is so much more than your average sports story. And it's worth every penny.
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It was a well written piece. The only problem is you get frustrated. However, you get frustrated because you want the main character to get the girl - her step sister. You get into the book and that is what makes it wonderful. You might not even notice how into it you are until the end. The frustration comes from all the feelings that go through Nancy's head when she sees her. I feel the same way when I like a girl...lmao! To Nancy's suprise, her father marries the girls mother. It got worst for her but one learns not to hold back. If you like someone say something. Otherwise, you will be just like Nancy with all the "what if's" and "I don't knows" and "Maybe this" or "Maybe that".
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This is the book you read if you want to punish yourself for being a romantic. This book takes you from the total high you have when starting a new book, to the point of just wanting to cry and scream at the impossible blindness of the characters. And that was not a compliment of wonderful writing on the writers behalf. Nina wrote this long ass story that takes you on this wild ride that never finishes. IT never reaches a climax. It just builds and builds untill she drops the bomb that nothing good happens for the two main characters. You'd be better of saving your money and going to a funeral.
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This is one of my top 10 favorite books of all times. It is a beautiful coming of age portrait of a young woman.
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