What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I think I read this the summer of 2014. It was a pretty short book, softcover with a pretty simple cover. It was a light neutral color with something simple in the center of the cover (i can't remember if it was an image or just the title or what). The story was set in what I believe was Italy or some other similar European country.

The book follows that life of a girl as she grows up and struggles with life. It starts with her as a child at a ski resort. She is alone on a ski lift and falls off and gets buried in a pile of snow. I think she might break her leg or something. She eventually gets found but I don't remember much else of the child section. I think thins is where we meet another recurring character, a young troubled boy who crosses her path throughout the book.

It cuts to different points of her in life; her as a preteen/teenager, a young adult, etc.

The section of her as a teenager she has developed an eating disorder (anorexia I think) and doesn't have a lot of friends. I think there is a birthday party involved in the teen chapters?

When the book ends I think she is in her mid to late 20s. Throughout the different points of her life the boy she met as a kid keeps crossing her path and is dealing with struggles of his own. They keep getting close to each other and then ending up on different paths and falling out of each others lives. I think at the end of the boot he is a physicist or professor or something.

I have spent the last couple hours trying to find this book and I'm hitting a wall. Any help on my quest is much appreciated!

Zachary, is this book for adults or teens?

Is the young trouble boy her neighbor? Any romance?
What's her job as an adult?

Kris wrote: "Zachary, is this book for adults or teens?

Is the young trouble boy her neighbor? Any romance?
What's her job as an adult?"

Hi! I think it was intended for adults. It definitely didn't have a YA feel to it and was more mature.

The boy may have been a family friend or something but I think it was just a random boy at the ski resort. They ended up being from the same city and would cross paths thought out growing up. They never got in a relationship but there was a kind of will-they-won't-they / star-crossed lovers kinda vibe. Like the feeling that they are almost a good match but they are off just enough that they don't quite fit.

I don't remember her job as an adult. I could throw out some guesses but that is all they really would be.

I hope that helps; let me know if there are any other questions I can try to answer!

The Solitude of Prime Numbers?

Google Books preview of The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano - Liralen's suggestion:

- https://books.google.com/books?id=RtX...
- There are different cover images.

Kirkus Review:

- "Two traumatized loners who meet as teens spend years grappling with a powerful connection that terrifies them both.
It’s love, or something like it, for 15-year-old Alice Della Rocca when she first lays eyes on Mattia Balossino in the halls of her school. She recognizes a kindred spirit in the awkward, intelligent boy, who sports a bandage on his hand, the result of a shocking self-harming episode. Anorexic, with a bad leg from a childhood ski accident, Alice insinuates herself into Mattia’s life in spite of the wall he has put up around himself, and the two settle into an odd but lasting friendship..."

Liralen wrote: "The Solitude of Prime Numbers?"

Zachary wrote: "Kris wrote: "Zachary, is this book for adults or teens?

Is the young trouble boy her neighbor? Any romance?
What's her job as an adult?"

Hi! I think it was intended for adults. It definitely didn..."

That's it, thanks so much!