Voliyumu ya nkhani imatha kukhala yophatikizika kofanana mozungulira malingaliro, zomverera, zosintha kapena ziwembu. Lisa holide wasewera kulemba buku la nkhani zomwe pamapeto pake zimalemba buku mu gawo lake lomaliza, kukhalapo kwake mwauzimu kwa otchulidwa, munthawi yomwe madera awiri akhala akukhala m'mipando iwiri yosiyanasiyana yomwe pamapeto pake imakhala yofanana mofanana padziko lapansi.
Pakati pa 2003 ndi 2011 tidakhala pankhondo yakutali ija ku Iraq. Kutali ndi chikumbumtima chakumadzulo, koma zenizeni zenizeni zidalowa m'malo, zokonda ndi zotsatirapo. Ndipo mozungulira nkhondoyi, kapena chifukwa chomenyera nkhondo, bukuli limamangidwa, lomwe ndi lolemba ndi malingaliro ake, zotsutsana zake ndizomaliza pamapeto pake. Mwanjira ina, nkhani ziwiri monga "Insentatez" ndi "Locura" zomwe zimalumikizana kumapeto komwe nkhani yofulumira imakhala ndi tanthauzo lapadera.
Mwina cholinga chachikulu cha wolemba mu gawo lino la bukuli ndikufotokozera malingaliro ambiri okhudza moyo wathu wapano. Mwa otchulidwa apa ndi apo, mbali zonse ziwiri za magalasi osakanikirana, timakondwera ndi malingaliro okhudzana ndi chikondi komanso chidwi chomwe chili mwa Alice ndi wolemba Ezra Blazer, ndikutengeka ndi gulu lomwe ladzaza zofuna zawo ndikuwongolera chilichonse kuti chikhale ndi malingaliro owoneka bwino opambana monga njira yokhayo kuzindikira talente.
Gawo lachiwiri tikumana ndi Amar, waku Iraq, yemwe amakhala ku odyssey ndikumangidwa komaliza pa eyapoti yaku London. Nkhondo yaku Iraq ikuchitika m'maiko achilendo komanso osokoneza momwe omasulira akuwoneka kuti akuwoneka kuti akukhala m'ndende. Zachidziwikire, mnyamata ngati Amar, nzika yaku US koma kwawo ndikumamenyanako, adzakhala m'modzi mwa omwe adazunzidwa.
Zochitika ziwiri zosiyana kwambiri zomwe, chifukwa chakukoma kosimba kwa nkhani, zovuta komanso nthawi yomweyo zofananira ndi nzeru zake zandale, zimatigwira ndikutiitanira kuti tipeze mfundo za mgwirizano zomwe zimapereka chiwonetsero chomwe chimatha kupereka mgwirizano wogwirizana Malingaliro okhudza mphamvu, chilungamo, kutchuka komanso kuzindikira zomwe umunthu masiku ano ungatanthauze.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la Asymmetry, gawo lodabwitsa la Lisa Halliday, apa: