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 Palindrome Hannah, 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 ...