About the Book: Almond
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. 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 provide him with a safe and con-tent life.
On Christmas Eve—Yunjaes sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act
of random violence shatters his world, leaving him on his own. Struggling to
cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled
teenager Gon