Expect a surfeit of winsome wisdom; every chapter starts with an aphorism, and more adages are sprinkled throughout the characters\u2019 pun-laced, cleverly entertaining conversations. After all, 52-year-old Tilda Finch is the co-owner\u2014with her best friend, Leith\u2014of a company creating \u201cinspirational posters and products.\u201d Although Tilda\u2019s husband left her five years ago, her life in an upscale beachside suburb of Sydney seems enviable. A gifted photographer, she\u2019s surrounded by a close cadre of friends and is the devoted, beloved mother of successful, happy twin girls about to turn 21. Then one morning, Tilda wakes up and can\u2019t see her pinky, then her ear. Neither is gone\u2014they\u2019re just not visible. Her doctor explains that Tilda has \u201cinvisibility disorder,\u201d an incurable condition according to mainstream medical studies. The doctor recommends a support group. Tilda is disappointed that most of the group members accept that they\u2019ll eventually be completely invisible, although some members do offer funny lines about whether Michael Jackson suffered from the disorder since he \u201chad the signs.\u201d Undaunted, she decides to fight her encroaching disappearance with the help of controversial neuroplasticity therapist Selma, who claims that if Tilda rewires her brain, defanging the memories of past traumas that control her thoughts, she can reverse her condition. Meanwhile, Tilda meets Patrick Carpenter, a handsome, blind musician and wealthy meditation-app entrepreneur. Tilda feels \u201cseen\u201d by Patrick as she never did with her ex-husband. As she evolves from cynicism concerning what she calls \u201cwoo-woo\u201d to an embrace of Patrick and Leith\u2019s spiritual, mindful approach to life, the novel feels like her company\u2019s extremely witty\u2014if manipulative\u2014marketing pitch to women who want to identify with the travails of rich, beautiful, talented, and adored Tilda.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Expect a surfeit of winsome wisdom; every chapter starts with an aphorism, and more adages are sprinkled throughout the characters\u2019 pun-laced, cleverly entertaining conversations. After all, 52-year-old Tilda Finch is the co-owner\u2014with her best friend, Leith\u2014of a company creating \u201cinspirational posters and products.\u201d Although Tilda\u2019s husband left her five years ago, her life in an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}