The main character of the novel by Australian Toni Jordan is not like you and me. She is counting. He counts the letters in his name, the steps to the nearest cafe, the poppy seeds on a piece of orange cake, the bristles of a toothbrush and the grains of rice on a plate. She thinks because... she's afraid. She is afraid of the scary world around her. Only her favorite numbers and her idol Nikola Tesla (bewitched for life by the number 3) help her stay afloat and save her from loneliness. But one day he appeared - a casual acquaintance, just a guy from a supermarket. And she madly wanted to add his unit to the unit of her I. How would this equation be solved? What will happen in the end? One plus one? Or is it still TWO...