Henning's Story is vivid, broad-ranged, and thought-provoking. It traces Nicholas Henning's life from 1979, the year of his birth, to 1999. It captures each year with personal memories and detailed recollections of prominent historical events and popular films, and it shows their relevance to Henning's life and writing. A key interest of Henning's is storytelling informed by ideas and inspirations derived from his surroundings. So each recollection and researched reference captures an actual moment in time. Henning's detailed personal accounts display the triggers and acknowledge the events and people who acted as contributors to his imagination. The result for the reader is a wealth of diversely influenced, modern, candid writing.