Camonghne Felix

Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation -- Camonghne Felix, Hardcover

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An epic meditation on loving yourself in the face of heartbreak, from the acclaimed author of Build Yourself a Boat, longlisted for the National Book Award

When Camonghne Felix goes through a monumental breakup, culminating in a hospital stay, everything--from her early childhood trauma and mental health to her relationship with mathematics--shows up in the tapestry of her healing. In this exquisite and raw reflection, Felix repossesses herself through the exploration of history she'd left behind, using her childhood "dyscalculia"--a disorder that makes it difficult to learn math--as a metaphor for the consequences of her miscalculations in love. Through reckoning with this breakup and other adult gambles in intimacy, Felix asks the question: Who gets to assert their right to pain?

Dyscalculia negotiates the misalignments of perception and reality, love and harm, and the politics of heartbreak, both romantic and familial.

Author: Camonghne Felix
Publisher: One World
Published: 02/14/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780593242179

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2022 pg. 14
Publishers Weekly 10/31/2022
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2022

Product Tags:

African American women authors, Biography & Autobiography, Camonghne Felix, Family & Relationships, Hardcover, Love & Romance, Memoirs, One World, Social Science, Women's Studies

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