ABSTRACT
We conducted seven interviews with Marie Tuck between December 2004 and February 2007. Much of what Marie told us about her life was presented in descriptive terms, providing a chronological overview of her life and sharing her anxieties about her children. But what is interesting is that over time the character of Marie’s stories and storying began to change and became increasingly analytical and reflective. During the course of the project, so we might say, Marie began to use the stories about her life differently. This is one of the things that makes Marie’s case interesting for our purposes, as it indicates how, through becoming more familiar with the ‘genre’ and practice of life storying, it becomes possible to do more with the ‘tool’ of the life narrative. As the quality of the narration changed, so did the potential to learn from and through the narration.
