Book Review — 4 min read Cover of Discipline: A Novel by Larissa Pham (Random House, 2026) “People are always writing from their own lives,” says Christina, the protagonist of Larissa Pham’s debut novel, Discipline. “You can’t ever change what’s already happened to you, but when you write about it, you can reframe it. Take control of it, maybe.” This casual self-awareness from both the character and the author will be familiar to most autofiction fans. They might even be tired of it by now.