There are so many social issues addressed in this story that I do not know where to start (laugh). At the same time, they explore gender identity through the main character of Blaise. Washoe mixes sports and math in a creative way and with different viewpoints. I love smart complicated stories and Alex Washoe gives us one with Simply Connected. But when Blaise glimpses a paradigm-shifting epiphany in the geometry of Christie’s jump shot, she begins to suspect this jock might be the missing variable that could balance the equation of her life. That she is also endearingly awkward and irresistibly gorgeous is irrelevant data. Christie is everything Blaise fears, fiercely competitive, brashly confident, and totally devoted to her game. So when she crosses paths with rising basketball star Christie Dillard, Blaise’s interest is a null set. In her mind, all athletes are like the bullies who terrorized her in high school. Only two things make her really angry: her kid’s math textbooks and jocks. Once a celebrated child prodigy, Blaise Noether is now a struggling widowed mom trying to keep her head above water while she pursues her Ph.D.
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