Nonfiction

A Novel

By: Julie Myerson

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

This is definitely not a ghost story. But for a while after you're gone, I see you everywhere. Every ragged young person sitting huddled on a pavement, every stretched-out body under cardboard in a shop doorway.

Two parents stand by powerlessly as their only child seems intent on destroying herself. As the mother-a novelist-attempts to understand her daughter, she finds herself revisiting her own uneasy, unresolved relationship with her mother. Weaving between childhoods past and present, laced with temptation and betrayal, Nonfiction: A Novel is an unflinching account of a mother, daughter, wife, and author reckoning with the world around her. But can a writer ever be trusted with the truth of her own story?

Clear-eyed, lacerating, and fearless, Julie Myerson's Nonfiction: A Novel explores maternal love as an emotional foundation to both crave and fear. A hauntingly beautiful and deeply moving love letter from a mother to a daughter, this is a tale of damage and addiction, recovery and creativity, compassion and love.

©2022 Julie Myerson (P)2024 Tantor

Addiction's Impact on a Family

This is not a lighthearted book, but it's extremely well written. The pacing and the ending might not be to everyone's liking. Additionally, it's more what I consider a "thinking" story, where it's more about character development and interactions than about action. I enjoyed this one very much.