The Phoenix Pencil Company

The Phoenix Pencil CompanyIn this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magicof Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to lifeholds the power to transform a young womans relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long lost connections across time and space. Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self proclaimed recluse,

a lonely man in a movie theater

When he says yes

The strange house proves to be dangerous

The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity

and reconcile his past before his own memories fade away

hallucinations

a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through

she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable

along with two other beloved families

often hilarious jobs

he lets her stay in his guest room—but only until her car is fixed—then she’s on her own

and forty years of long-held regrets