Book description
When Mona Gray is ten, her father contracts a mysterious illness. His
gradual withdrawal from everyday life marks a similar change in Mona,
who removes herself from anything - or anyone - that might bring her
happiness. Numbers provide a kind of solace, and help her make sense
of the world: she counts words in her head, adds her steps, and
multiplies people in the park against one another. As a maths teacher,
Mona delights her pupils by encouraging them to find objects that take
the form of numbers. But when seven-year-old Lisa appears with a zero
that displays real turmoil, Mona knows that in order to help a person
in pain, she needs to find a way to connect with the world she has
been afraid of for so long.
An Invisible Sign of My Own is a story about children and
adults, and how we protect ourselves from the things we fear the most.
It is about superstition and logic and the big muddy area in between.
Written with the same eloquence and flair that characterisesThe
Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, this novel marks the sign of a
unique talent in contemporary fiction.
AIMEE BENDER is the author of the novel
The Particular Sadness of
Lemon Cake
and of the collections
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
and
Wilful Creatures
. Her work has been widely anthologised and has been translated into ten
languages. She lives in Los Angeles. Read more about Aimee Bender and
her work at
www. flammableskirt. com.
