Displacement: a Travelogue, Lucy Knisley

Knisley’s account of going on a cruise with her fairly infirm grandparents — basically a diary of care-taking. It’s perhaps most interesting for what it does not say? There’s very little story, other than the reckoning of time (which is not that minute, either), plus interspersed entries from her grandfather’s wartime diary. Although Knisley describes her perpetual anxieties and frustrations, she doesn’t really share any broader reflections, which perhaps spurs the reader to contemplate what the story really teaches us.