Whose Story Is This?

Rebecca Solnit’s essays circle a single question: whose account of events gets treated as the truth. She writes about #MeToo, about the men who insist they are the real victims, about statues and place names and the slow work of changing who a culture listens to. Sharp and hopeful in equal measure. Emma Watson chose it for Our Shared Shelf in November 2019, her final selection as host of the club.