2023/112: Broken Light — Joanne Harris

2023/112: Broken Light — Joanne Harris

...instead of taking my invisibility as a sign that I have reached my expiry date, I can see it for what it really is. A superpower. [loc. 1563]

When Bernie Moon was a little girl -- 'when magic was easier than maths' -- she used to play House with her friend Katie. Their version of House was a kind of telepathy or empathy, a 'looking inside other people'. Katie and Bernie fell out over an incident at primary school, and Bernie lost that ability -- after a lightly-sketched but harrowing incident at secondary school -- when she had her first period. Now she's menopausal, and it's coming back...

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