I don’t know if this counts as creative nonfiction, but I loved this read. Penny’s story is really something — it starts out as something almost lighthearted but there’s a lot of surprising turns here.

We chatted about how Instagram was always trying to sell her the oddest things. “I know,” I chuckled, “Facebook thinks I’m autistic!”

There was a silence. ‘‘I was wondering if we’d ever have this conversation,” said Mum.