Reading the Waves

Haunted by her father's abuse, her complicated dynamic with her disabled mother and the death of her child, Lidia Yuknavitch revisits her past with an author's gaze. At the age of sixty, her outlook on herself has changed. She wonders differently, remembers differently. She comes to discover that - like any narrative - her memories are open to interpretation, to being reimagined from different perspectives. And as Yuknavitch rewrites and reclaims her early life, she unburdens herself of old wounds and alters her future. Fifteen years on from her bestselling memoir The Chronology of Water, Reading the Waves weaves together past and present, fact with fiction, to create an immersive and honest exploration of memory and trauma that is impossible to put down. With Yuknavitch as our guide, we see clearly that creativity is not only crucial to healing, but to gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves.