Enter a cruel palindrome world: a symmetric place where disturbing situations displace the common; where good acts transmute to evil ones; where windows and mirrors are often interchangeable ... In , the debut novel by Michael Bailey, characters influence each other through arrangements of involuntary happenstance, forced to face the dark, unfortunate events in their lives and question coincidence. A segmented story of a mother and daughter intertwines the others in this composite novel. This hidden story, assembled from five separate narratives, introduces Hannah, the unique child with a palindromic name, and her young mother. With five stories heading one direction, and Hannah traveling the opposite, a greater story begins to unfold. A puzzle within a puzzle ...