There are many different memes out there for bloggers to feature the books they're really, really looking forward to. Unfortunately, none of them really meet my needs as I tend to find books I consider my possible future loves in droves rather than one at a time. And I don't feel like featuring those books in droves either. When I fall for a book before its pub date, that usually means something! That means, from now on, you will occasionally (or for the next few weeks: quite some days) find this new feature here.
The Absolute Value Of -1 by Steve Brezenoff
pub date: September 1, 2010
Summary from Goodreads:
The absolute value of any number, positive or negative, is its distance from zero: |-1| = 1
Noah, Lily, and Simon have been a trio forever. But as they enter high school, their relationships shift and their world starts to fall apart. Privately, each is dealing with a family crisis—divorce, abuse, and a parent's illness. Yet as they try to escape the pain and reach out for the connections they once counted on, they slip—like soap in a shower. Noah’s got it bad for Lily, but he knows too well Lily sees only Simon. Simon is indifferent, suddenly inscrutable to his friends. All stand alone in their heartache and grief.
What absolutely intrigues me about this novel is that I just feel a deep need to know how each of the characters deals with his or her problems, how their friendship turns out considering all the difficulties and the love "triangle". And then, there's the fact that the title has a reference to math. Ever since I read The Housekeeper And The Professor by Yoko Ogawa I have a thing for math again.
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