The Situation and the Story Tash Aw An unexpected message from a

An unexpected message from a childhood friend sends Lyca searching her house’s mysterious attic

Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery

there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows

The result is an immersive

The Situation and the Story Tash Aw An unexpected message from aThe Art of Personal Narrative. All narrative writing transforms the raw material of life into a story that shapes experience and reveals meaning. In fiction, narrators may be unreliablebut in nonfiction, readers must believe the narrator is telling the truth. "The Situation and the Story" explores how writers find that truthful voice within themselves. Drawing on a century of memoirs and essays, Vivian Gornick examines how authors like Edmund Gosse,