“Often funny, always lovable, this endearing novel of obsessive compulsive disorder and romance is outstanding.” —Boston Globe An absolutely delightful tale of obsessive-compulsive love, Toni Jordan’s Addition is just the ticket for fans of TV’s Monk and readers who were captivated by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. A wonderfully funny, supremely intelligent debut novel, … and readers who were captivated by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. A wonderfully funny, supremely intelligent debut novel, Addition is “witty fun” (People), while OCD-afflicted heroine Grace and her new-found paramour Seamus are “thoroughly endearing characters, and their romance is sweet and fun” (Washington Post Book World).
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This is one of my favorite novels, which I recently reread, about an Australian woman, Grace, with a form of OCD that requires her to count everything around her and live her life on a very rigid time schedule…until she meets sexy Seamus at the grocery store. While it’s not a romance novel per se, the romance is at the heart of the story, as …
Excellent and gripping book! The OCD the protagonist deals with is real, the interwoven story about Nikola Tesla is not less than genius, and I loved her realistic battle with her demons and her finding a way to stay true to herself despite everything.
I am a numbers girl. I love the thought of them, the processes they go through, everything. So I figured that “Addition” would be right up my alley. And it was. At least it was at first.
Grace is a counter. Counts everything, from steps to the number of strokes per tooth with her toothbrush and the number of bites she takes to the number of …