What happens to a person's psyche when she loses all that has any meaning for her? What happens to her when, in the eyes of others, she loses who she is to her grief? Can grief make a person disappear? Yet, Emme of this novel doesn't disappear but becomes invisible. In time, she meets other invisible persons and, sooner or later, finds out that her invisibility is her own making, and it is putting several other people at the risk of being deemed mentally unstable.

There's also a slight romantic interest in the story, a crush-like feeling toward Emme by the other important character Phil, who is struggling in his own way in a profession and life-style not to his liking.

As strange as the premise is, Emme's grief is totally and painfully believable. The reader feels boundless empathy for her, even if, at times, she acts selfishly. This maybe because the storytelling is poignant, fluent, and sensational and the author's word choices are splendid.

All the other secondary and supplemental characters are believable and unique, even those with interesting quirks.

The book is said to be written in magical realism. I would consider it to be surreal and experimental, in which allegory and symbolism play a major role. Yet, the story is so gripping and successful and everything in it rings so true that, through and through, it makes the unique talent of the book's author, Aimee Pitta, indisputable.

Having said all that, in the electronic version of the book, in which I read the story, there were several typos and minor mistakes due to attention lapses. Still, even those didn't take away from the brilliance of this author's storytelling.

In short, this is a book a serious reader shouldn't miss.

Everything.

read this author's other book, also. Her insight into grief is incredible.

is Aimee Pitta. According to Goodreads, she is a native NewYorker, an award winning writer/producer and marketing executive with over 20 years experience creating cutting edge theatrical marketing campaigns for almost every major studio in Hollywood. Her skills as a writer and marketer have also allowed her to create a niche as one of the top film “re-titlers” in the business, and she has titled such films as Playing For Keeps, People Like Us, Mirror-Mirror, No Strings Attached, It’s Complicated, Our Family Wedding, The Bounty Hunter, Almost Heroes and the upcoming Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand comedy The Guilt Trip.

Her other book is Happily Ever Before.

first it is different and second, it is very well constructed with fantastic characterization.

is Aimee Pitta. According to Goodreads, she is a native NewYorker, an award winning writer/producer and marketing executive with over 20 years experience creating cutting edge theatrical marketing campaigns for almost every major studio in Hollywood. Her skills as a writer and marketer have also allowed her to create a niche as one of the top film “re-titlers” in the business, and she has titled such films as Playing For Keeps, People Like Us, Mirror-Mirror, No Strings Attached, It’s Complicated, Our Family Wedding, The Bounty Hunter, Almost Heroes and the upcoming Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand comedy The Guilt Trip.

Her other book is Happily Ever Before.

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