A novel that some will find extremely difficult to read. An unnamed narrator, an author, tells her story and that of her drug addicted daughter in a way that feels like one long confession of doubt and generational trauma. The narrator had a fraught relationship with her own mother and over the years has questioned how she deals with her child. Myerson, who previously wrote about her son's addition, has turned the situation on its head to proclaim that this is fiction and then titled it Nonfiction. Except the details are so real. Thanks to netgalley for the arc. A painful one.

I didn’t care for the style of writing here. It was too broken up and didn’t seem to flow well throughout. Making for a tough read despite the topic. Having gone through a similar time I thought I would be able to relate, but the parents here were insufferable.

Rachel Cusk blurbed this and called it, "glitteringly painful."

God damn, was she right. This book was so heart breaking. It's kindle format made it a little hard to read, but that still didn't stop me from thoroughly loving this book. I will be purchasing myself a copy as soon as it is released.

Only issue I had, was that a some points it was a little hard to follow with the jumps. Again, that could just be the way the kindle book was formatted.

Immersive and engaging. A recommended first purchase for collections where lit fic and WF are popular.

this book w r e c k e d me!!! beautifully written, heartbreaking, complex and so easy to love. definitely need to grab a physical copy ASAP