Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falling Through the Earth | 2006 | Danielle Trussoni | Buy |
| 2 | The Fortress | 2017 | Danielle Trussoni | Buy |
Danielle Trussoni’s non-fiction consists of two memoirs published a decade apart. Falling Through the Earth (2006) is about her childhood in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and her complicated bond with her father, a tunnel rat in the Vietnam War who returned home with lasting physical and psychological damage. The book was selected for the New York Times’ “Ten Best Books of 2006” list.
The Fortress (2017) picks up much later in Trussoni’s life, during her marriage to Bulgarian writer Nikolai Grozni. The couple lives in a medieval fortress in the south of France, and the book traces how their relationship falls apart against this dramatic backdrop. Both memoirs show the same sharp, observant writing that defines her fiction.