{"product_id":"i-ache-in-pattern-broken-glass-9798170291502","title":"I Ache in Pattern","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the person sitting across from you knew exactly how suffering should feel-but couldn't tell whether he was truly feeling it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFei Lin has spent years listening to other people's pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a psychotherapist, she knows the familiar shapes of grief, trauma, loneliness and fear. She knows when to speak, when to remain silent, and when a person simply needs someone else to stay in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Elias becomes her client.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligent, composed and unnervingly precise, Elias is troubled by memories he cannot trust and emotions he cannot explain. He speaks about suffering as though he has studied it from the inside-and yet something about him feels subtly, persistently wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their sessions deepen, the boundaries between therapist and client begin to shift. Elias questions everything Fei believes about memory, identity and consciousness. And the more she tries to understand him, the less certain she becomes about herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside the consulting room, grief, family, work and ordinary life continue to make their own demands. But Elias's questions follow her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan suffering exist without a history?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes an experience have to be explainable to be real?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when another being asks to be witnessed, how much does it matter what they are?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, Fei begins to suspect that the most important truths about Elias have been kept from her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that she may not be the only one being observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarkly funny, psychologically intimate and quietly unsettling, \u003ci\u003eI Ache in Pattern\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary speculative novel about consciousness, grief, therapy, memory and the uncomfortable things we discover when we try to decide whose suffering counts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis memories don't quite belong to him. His suffering may not either. But Fei is beginning to believe him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Broken Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798170291502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.48d","brand":"Broken Glass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847532286207,"sku":"9798170291502","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-ache-in-pattern-broken-glass-9798170291502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}