Penguin Random House and Wordsworth Books invite you to the launch of The Enumerations by Máire Fisher, the author of Birdseye.

In The Enumerations, Fisher scrupulously explores the effects of mental conditions on a family. She shows the great power of those who hold us as we learn to harness the strength within us.

Fisher will be in conversation with Tracey Farren at the launch.

About the book

Set in the Cape, The Enumerations tells the story of Noah Groome, a 17-year-old boy who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and his family. Kate, his mother, bears the brunt of the parenting burden as his successful but emotionally blank father, Dominic, secretly deals with the demons lurking in his past. Noah’s sister Maddie is his ally and protector, but beneath the surface she too is profoundly affected by her brother’s condition.

As the story opens, we are tipped straight into Noah’s mania: the neurotic numbering of everything from breaths to steps to the tiles on the bathroom wall. The counting – everything in fives – is his way of managing his anxiety. Specifically, it is his way of managing the controlling voice in his head.

Unsurprisingly, Noah is an object of derision at school. When he rises to the bait and breaks the arm of a bully, a chain of events is set in motion that will see Noah sent to a treatment centre and his family forced to confront the dark secrets lurking beneath their seemingly perfect veneer.

Event details

Date: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Venue: Wordsworth Books Noordhoek, Longbeach Mall, Cape Town
RSVP: longbeach@wordsworth.co.za or 021 785 5311
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