This journey of discovery from the US to Sicily tackles urgent themes, but is increasingly inward-looking In Grace Paley’s short story A Conversation With My Father, a request is made of the Paley-like narrator. “I would like you to write a simple story just once more,” her father says, “the kin...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/29/beginning-middle-end-by-valeria-luiselli-review-a-mother-and-daughters-odyssey)