A review by traceyo
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian Gornick

5.0

In pretty much every workshop I've attended, this book tops the recommended reading list. I don't know why it took me so long to follow the advice.
Maybe I wasn't ready for it. I'm not sure how we know something like that, as readers, but I believe there's something to it.
Gornick notes: "The inner life is nourished only if it gets what it needs when it needs it." I was ready. I've been nourished.