What is it about?
A playful memoir that intentionally keeps some key basic facts hidden.
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Why is it important?
In the study of memoir, there is debate about how much truth one must reveal, and what can be hidden for the sake of privacy or other concerns.
Perspectives
I argue that Slater's book pushes the boundary of lying too far because ultimately, it's difficult to trust anything in her text, which is why she calls it metaphorical memoir.
Julia Galbus
University of Southern Indiana
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This page is a summary of: Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir, Modern Language Studies, January 2003, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/3195313.
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