![]() It’s as if he’s always walking into a room full of strangers. He can see faces-nose, mouth, eyes-but he can’t remember them. He has something called prosopagnosia, a neurological condition that leaves him unable to recognize faces, even his own. He’s charming, he’s supercool, he’s the man, but he also has a secret. When we first meet her, she is returning to school for the first time in five years, ready to take on the world. Yet she’s bold and confident and completely herself. And, worst of all, she has lost the person she loves most. She’s suffered from anxiety so debilitating she couldn’t leave the house. Others have defined Libby by her weight her entire life, even though she doesn’t let it define her. ![]() ![]() It’s a novel about seeing and being seen, about learning the truth inside others. In Holding Up the Universe, I tell the story of Jack and Libby, who meet through a cruel high school prank. ![]()
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