Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation

An epic meditation on loving oneself 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, everythingfrom her early childhood trauma and mental health to her relationship with mathematicsshows up in the tapestry of her healing. In this exquisite and raw reflection, Camonghne repossesses herself through the exploration of history shed left behind, using her childhood dyscalculiaa disorder that makes it difficult to learn mathas 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.
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