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Invisible Ellen, by American actress Shari Shattuck, is a story about transformation and the power of friendship. The summary says: "For many of us, there comes a moment when we wish we were invisible. For Ellen Homes, not only does she wish it . . . she actually lives it. She spends her days quietly observing but unobserved, watching and recording in her notebooks the lives of her neighbours, coworkers, and total strangers. Overweight, socially stunted, and utterly alone, one night Ellen saves a blind young woman from being mugged. Then everything changes." Invisible Ellen is out in June 2014.