{"product_id":"an-invisible-sign-of-my-aimee-bender-9780385492249","title":"An Invisible Sign of My Own","description":"Aimee Bender's stunning debut collection, \u003cb\u003eThe Girl in the Flammable Skirt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e proved her to be one of the freshest voices in American fiction. Now, in her first novel, she builds on that early promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMona Gray was ten when her father contracted a mysterious illness and she became a quitter, abandoning each of her talents just as pleasure became intense. The only thing she can't stop doing is math: She knocks on wood, adds her steps, and multiplies people in the park against one another. When Mona begins teaching math to second-graders, she finds a ready audience. But the difficult and wonderful facts of life keep intruding. She finds herself drawn to the new science teacher, who has an unnerving way of seeing through her intricately built fa ade. Bender brilliantly directs her characters, giving them unexpected emotional depth and setting them in a calamitous world, both fancifully surreal and startlingly familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aimee Bender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385492243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385492249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/10\/2001 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2001 pg. 24","brand":"Aimee Bender","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946566680831,"sku":"9780385492249","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2a1aa2b3-ab68-4447-84a6-af45e23abadc.jpg?v=1681513881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-invisible-sign-of-my-aimee-bender-9780385492249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}