{"product_id":"dyscalculia-a-love-story-of-epic-miscalculation-9780593242179","title":"Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful . . . a poetic meditation on how love or attempts at loving can drive us to madness.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"We learn about the cracks in Felix's upbringing, the hurt from the breakup itself, and a pain that spans a lifetime, all through a sharp millennial voice.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDyscalculia\u003c\/i\u003e negotiates the misalignments of perception and reality, love and harm, and the politics of heartbreak, both romantic and familial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamonghne Felix\u003c\/b\u003e, poet and essayist, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBuild Yourself a Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry, shortlisted for the PEN\/Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards. Her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Academy of American Poets, \u003ci\u003e Freeman's, Harvard Review, LitHub, The New Yorker, PEN America, Poetry Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Her essays have been featured in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, New York, Teen Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003e and other places. She is a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Cut.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"One World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606055162130,"sku":"9780593242179","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20a0eff8-c6fb-46d5-8958-b6772e8e0ed9.jpg?v=1732288030","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dyscalculia-a-love-story-of-epic-miscalculation-9780593242179","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}