The child, the radiator, and the private language of ordinary things.
Before he learned to hide
Michael is eight when he realizes that the world has a secret language. The radiator is not a symbol someone gives him: it is warmth, sound and orange, all at once. The first chapter lets us enter that private world before anyone tells him it is wrong.
What did you stop saying because it was easier to be understood?
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