The NECESSARY HUNGER: A Novel (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The NECESSARY HUNGER: A Novel Saturday, August 1 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The NECESSARY HUNGER: A Novel Tuesday, July 28 2009.

• Added a contributor: Nina Revoyr: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The NECESSARY HUNGER: A Novel Thursday, July 16 2009.

• In December of 1984, when Raina and I were sophomores, my high school held its first and last annual girls' winter basketball tournament, the Inglewood Christmas Classic.