An Invisible Sign of My Own [Paperback]

Aimee Bender (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1St Edition edition (2000)
• ASIN: B001L416VG
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,145,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knock on wood, August 19, 2001

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"insectwings" (Cinti, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Invisible Sign of My Own (Hardcover)

From the moment I started the beginnings of this book, I found it absoultely irresistible. In fact, I found it very complicated to even put it down. I read through it in most of one sitting, even denying myself the simplicity of water.

Aimee Bender gives us a wonderfilled, poetic story about Mona Gray. A woman, turned 20, obsessed with numbers and good luck. This incredible story reaches far into the reader, taking a life of it's own deep inside, even though far from insouciant.

A must read for Plath lovers, as parts of the novel remind me of Esther Greenwood (The Bell Jar), and in reality, these two could have been best of friends, or better yet...worst enemies.

Bender turns obsession and compulsion into a moving story of a woman that knows too much...and too little.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I always wanted the stories to last longer and now they do, July 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: An Invisible Sign of My Own (Hardcover)

I loved Flammable Skirt so when I heard Bender was writing a novel I bought it immediately. I love it! She delivers on the promise of her stories in a way I wouldn't have imagined. The darkness that was present in the stories about the Ice Girl and the Fire Girl or The Rememberer, is deeply explored in this novel. The novel has a weighty sadness which is revealed through the prism of Bender's magical language. In terms of what it has to say about family too, this book is both frightening and relevant. I am so happy to spend a whole book with her characters.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Weird and wonderful, October 16, 2000

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Cathrine A. McClure "cathrine6" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Invisible Sign of My Own (Hardcover)

Coping with dying is difficult, but this book gives the reader an interesting perspective on how one can go on living when someone close to them is ill or dying. Wearing our heart on our sleeve, or a number on our chest, doesn't guarantee that we'll be noticed or treated differently. Mostly, we are left to deal with life's troubles on our own. However, if we find like-minded souls in the world, and we reach out to them, we can help each other embrace our time on earth as a gift, while at the same time letting go of those who must move on. Although this story has many weird aspects and quirks (which I find refreshing), it also holds an important message for anyone who cares to notice.