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Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation | Camonghne Felix
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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, 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, Felix 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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MsLeah8417
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⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Sarahreadstoomuch
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Bailedbailed

I was interested in this as a concept, but it is not working for me.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 10mo
Sarahreadstoomuch @dabbe 😂thank you! Love that sentiment & hashtag!!! 10mo
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Chelsea.Poole
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Mehso-so

So short to be nearly inconsequential. I forgot to review it as soon as I finished and now I don‘t remember much after 6 days, which isn‘t a good sign. I liked the idea of the author exploring a dyscalculia diagnoses and relate this to heartbreak but something didn‘t quite work with this. If Felix had expanded on this concept with additional context and beefed it up a bit more than the 2 hours this audiobook lasted I‘d be more fulfilled.

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Ellohcin
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currentlyreadinginCO
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Panpan

Wow er I really expected to like this book but a) I didn't really feel like the book tied dyscalculia to her breakup in any ways other than by name and page graphics and b) this is a really difficult trauma diary with all of the trigger warnings, which is not what the description led me to believe.

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Megabooks
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This memoir about a miscalculated relationship missed the mark for me, but it is an #UnpopularOpinion over on the storygraph.

Felix had serious trauma in her childhood, (CW⬇️) and began seeing psychiatrists and having trouble in school. She left home and was embroiled in a tumultuous relationship before being admitted to a psych ward upon its demise. Lots of reviewers relate, but it was overwritten and over dramatic for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Megabooks She was raped as a child by a family member. The relationship she writes about was physically and emotionally abusive. 2y
vlwelser This doesn't even seem like your type of book. 2y
Megabooks @vlwelser you‘re right. I thought it sounded interesting from the library description, and the author has been longlisted for the NBA, so I thought I‘d give it a shot. While there were some beautiful sentences, I probably should‘ve known better. I‘m kind of over trauma memoirs at the moment. 2y
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Chelsea.Poole I‘ve been seeing this around and wondering… 2y
Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole you might like it more than I did. 🤷🏻‍♀️ it‘s only a 2.5 hour audiobook. I know you‘re a library queen 👑 so it may be worth a borrow. 2y
Chelsea.Poole Oh I didn‘t realize how short it was! And thanks, I‘ll proudly wear that crown 😉 2y
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