The Enumerations

✍ Scribed by Máire Fisher

• Book ID: 100622331
• Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa; Umuzi
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 216 KB
• Edition: First edition, first printing
• Category: Fiction
• City: Cape Town
• ISBN: 1415210136

✦ Synopsis

Meet Noah, whocan't open a door unless he pushes on the handle 5 times,must count to 5 under his breath, and sometimes louder than that, andkeeps 5 pebbles in his pocket to run through his fingers.And that's just the start of the 5s. Not to mention the ever-encroaching Dark that allows him no rest. A violent incident at 17-year-old Noah Groome's school sets into motion a chain of events that will test him and his family deeply. There's Kate, Noah's mother, who has been bearing the brunt of his condition; Dominic, Noah's successful father, who is withdrawing more and more each day; and Noah's sister Maddie, his ally and protector, deeply affected by her brother's struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. When Noah is sent to a treatment centre, he is not the only one challenged to face his anxieties: his family must also confront the secrets lurking beneath their seemingly perfect veneer. But redemption lies in surprising places, as Noah's unlikely friendship with...