Join us for a virtual, moderated conversation with Kara Gnodde to celebrate the release of her new book, The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything.

With the offbeat charm of The Rosie Project and generous warmth of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, a wry, moving debut novel about a pair of unforgettable siblings and a love triangle of sorts—one with math as its beating heart.

With her debut novel The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything (on-sale: 2/28/2023) writer Kara Gnodde introduces readers to the unforgettable Brotherton siblings, Art and Mimi, who readers will fall head over heels for. When conceiving her first novel, Kara heard a radio program discussing a math problem that could change the world and and knew it was perfect for the story.

Mimi Brotherton—orphan and sister of a mathematical genius Art—is used to defining herself in relation to others. Bound together by the tragic deaths of their parents, she and her older brother, Art, share the family home and a strong, if unequal, relationship; Mimi is there whenever Art needs her, supporting his academic peaks and talking him out of his emotional valleys.

When she decides that she’d like to get out in the world and maybe even find a boyfriend, Art is cautiously supportive, as long as his sister searches for love using the mathematical methods he’s laid out for her. But when Mimi meets Frank, another mathematician, Art is instantly suspicious. Frank seems affable enough, but his interest in maths occasionally skirts a little too close (for Art’s comfort) to the famous problem Art has been on the cusp of solving for years. Is Frank using Mimi to access Art’s work, or is Art just terrified of the possibility of an independent life for Mimi?

After a serious accident involves both men, Mimi is caught in the middle. Can she trust her heart to lead her to the right solution?

Kara Gnodde was born in Johannesburg and raised on a diet of Dr. Seuss and no TV. After graduating from the University of Cape Town, she joined Saatchi & Saatchi in London as a strategic planner—work that required head and heart, her favorite kind. She lived in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore before settling back in the UK with her husband and three children. A discussion on the radio about a math problem that could change the world, or perhaps just help keep her desk tidy, gave her a place to start The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything, her debut novel. 

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