What Are You Going Through Summary
Sigrid Nunez

What Are You Going Through Overview

What Are You Going Through is a novel by Sigrid Nunez. The unnamed narrator is a middle-aged woman who works as a writer and a professor. One of the narrator’s closest friends is diagnosed with terminal cancer, so the narrator goes to visit her in the hospital. The narrator witnesses as her friend attempts to grapple with the imminence of death. Meanwhile, the narrator herself grapples with the unfortunate implications of being an aging woman in an often misogynistic society. The novel explores themes of misogyny, death, interpersonal connection, and storytelling.