My Thirteenth Winter

By Samantha Abeel

A young woman battles a math-related learning disability, facing anxiety and societal challenges.

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Samantha Abeel, a young woman with dyscalculia, navigates the tumultuous waters of adolescence while grappling with a math-related learning disability. Her memoir reveals the anxiety and struggles she faced in school, from juggling locker combinations to adapting to new teachers. As she enters Special Education, Samantha's journey is marked by a quest for understanding and acceptance. Will she overcome the challenges that threaten her future? Dive into her poignant story of resilience and self-discovery.

From the publisher

In this beautiful and chilling memoir, twenty-four-year-old Samantha Abeel describes living with dyscalculia, a math-related learning disability. Samantha Abeel tells her own story of living with and overcoming dyscalculia. She describes in painstaking detail how her life was affected by her learning disability before and after she was diagnosed, and the way her peers, her family, and her teachers treated her.In seventh grade, Samantha suffered anxiety attacks as she struggled to keep up in her classes, to remember two locker combinations, and to deal with new teachers. Samantha was eventually placed in Special Education classes in eighth grade, but she continued to feel anxious about her future.

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