Author Camonghne Felix was sexually assaulted at the age of 8, resulting in many years of declining mental health and unhealthy behaviors. One of the results of her mental illness was an inability to do math; this becomes a metaphor throughout the book to illustrate her inability to cope in general. The book is framed around a breakup with her fiance which leads her to spiral out of control. Hospitalized, she is finally diagnosed with a form of bipolar disorder and, appropriately medicated, she begins to recover. Felix is a poet, and much of the book is written in a style reminiscent of poetry; in fact, many pages of the book contain only a cryptic sentence or two. She leaves huge portions of her story out of the narrative, leaving the reader guessing about much of it. She has a story that is worth telling, but in this form, it leaves the reader with more questions than answers.
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