Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation

By Camonghne Felix

Book Overview

"Powerful . . . a poetic meditation on how love or attempts at loving can drive us to madness."--The Boston Globe

"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."--Time

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Chicago Public Library, Electric Lit

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593242173
• ISBN13: 9780593242179
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: One World
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.6"