A conversation with author Chloë Ashby
'Some cultures don’t distinguish between fiction and non-fiction and they’re all just stories.'
When Chloë Ashby’s debut novel, Wet Paint came out not long after my book, Totally Fine (and other lies I’ve told myself), I was drawn to this quote: ‘He asks me how I’m feeling and I tell him the truth: I’m fine, though maybe my version of fine isn’t always the same as other people's.
Wet Paint tells the story of 26-year-old Eve, who’s navigating her …