A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel Ashland062923

A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel Ashland062923A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be. In Tokyo, sixteen year old Nao has decided theres only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates bullying. But before she ends it

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and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible

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Expertly capturing the thrill of first love and the self-doubt all teens feel

but their freedom comes at a terrible cost

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Coco promised herself that one day she would snip away her locks so that she wouldn’t have to be so fussy—girls needed time for other things

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Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions

who initiates them

A foreword by Vandana Shiva calls upon others to follow in Mals’s footsteps

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