The narrative approach is a relevant and enriching technique for uncovering, describing and interpreting the meaning of experience. This collection explores the challenges of performing narrative work in an academic setting, writing about it in an ethical and revealing fashion, and drawing meaningful conclusions.

Introduction - Amia Lieblich The Discursive Construction of Personality - Pertti Alasuutari National Identity or Multicultural Autobiography - Gabriele Rosenthal Arbiters of Female Purity - Susan Starr Sered Conversations with Israeli Ritual Bath Attendants Going Straight - Shadd Maruna Desistance from Crime and Life Narratives of Reform Soldiers′ Narratives of Selective Moral Resistance - Ruth Linn A Separate Position of the Connected Self? Loneliness in Cultural Context - Jane A Bennett and Daniel F Detzner A Look at the Life History of Older Southeast Asian Refugee Women Lost in the Fifties - Jannelle L Wilson A Study of Collected Memories Adolescence, Gender and the Development of Mental Health - Phame M Camarena, Pamela A Sarigiani and Anne C Petersen In Search of Resilience in Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Jacquelyn Boone James, Joan Huser Liem and Joan Gately O′Toole Linking Outlets for Power Motivation to Psychological Health