'A writer to keep a close eye on' The New York Times 'Quiet and beautifully written
Discipline plays masterfully' Buzz Magazine When two people fall apart who gets to tell
their story? Christine is a young writer touring her debut novel - a thinly disguised tale of
the affair she had with her professor ten years earlier. He was magnetic domineering both the
sponsor of her early promise and its destroyer. But he surely forgot her long ago and the
temptation to exorcise her past was overwhelming. Then between hotel rooms and bookstores
formal dinners and road-trip hook-ups she receives a series of sly unsettling emails and
finally an invitation to visit the professor's isolated house on an island off the coast of
Maine. Against her better judgement Christine is drawn back into his orbit risking forever
losing control of the narrative she's worked so hard to create. Taut and provocative
Discipline walks the lines between creativity and control truth and memory coercion and
desire. READER REVIEWS: 'If you enjoyed Outline by Rachel Cusk or Mona by Pola Oloixarac
I think you will really like Discipline ' 'The best book I read in 2025' 'Pham's writing
completely held me. Each page left me wanting more' 'A provocative and intriguing debut
masterfully executed' ' Discipline is a storm on the horizon a prismatic and haunting
story'
