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[quote=Anonymous]All of the pieces of the book come together in the last section or two. It would have been helpful early on for me to understand that these were books within a book. The first piece is a fictional story written about Andrew bevel and his wife Mildred that was viewed by Andrew to have slandered them. The second piece is Andrew’s incomplete attempt to write a memoir that would salvage their reputation and rewrite their story (in response to the slanderous second piece). The third piece is the story of the woman who helped Andrew write his memoir. I have already probably given what some would consider spoilers here —- but the last piece has a late reveal that pulls it together. The fourth piece is short but pivotal. You have to make it all the way through to understand the meaning of the book.

I almost gave up during the second piece and again during the third piece. But I am glad that I stuck with it because I do think the full work raises some interesting questions. Who gets to write history? What are the beliefs we have about what happened based upon the authorship of the histories we know? Whose histories were erased and what were their stories? Why do those with money, capital, and the right gender control the narrative of history in the twentieth century? What have we lost because of that and what stories have gone unknown?

So, the initial stories are kind of boring. After reading the last stories, you understand their role in the overall narrative. Try the audio book for the boring parts. [/quote]

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