About the Book: Almond A Novel
This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster. One of the
monsters is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that
makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have
friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to
that—but his devoted mother and grandmother arent fazed by his condition. Their
little home above his mothers used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it
notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh.
Yunjae grows up content,