You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond The most complex of female relationships is thrown into sharp relief in this moving series of essays The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
Five Great Reads: King of the World Cup, neighbours from hell, and all aboard the celebrity impersonator cruise Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey The Guardian - AU · Jul 10
‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival Gisèle Pelicot’s compelling and moving memoir begins with the day she learned that over the course of at least nine years, she had been raped by her husband Dominique and around 80 other men, while she was drugged and unconscious. The Conversation · Feb 24
Self-Diagnosis Is Making Memoir Too Predictable The joy of reading memoir is to watch another mind puzzle through its inner mechanics. If the outcome is already decided, why bother? The Walrus · Sep 3, 2024
Writer Alice Sebold and man wrongfully convicted of raping her speak out: ‘ We’ve both been through the fire’ Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in 2021 after spending 16 years in prison The Independent UK · May 23, 2023
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv review – redefining mental illness A profoundly intelligent attempt to understand the conflicting stories we tell about psychological distress The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv review – rewriting the language of mental illness The New Yorker writer tries to redefine attitudes through a quintet of studies of troubled people from around the world The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022