She had no partner, no kids and had achieved none of the milestones we often measure ourselves against, subconsciously or otherwise.While she drew on these life-altering moments in her writing, she hid behind fictionalised versions of the truth.But after a trip to Europe with friends turned into an exhilarating three-month extended stay, when she returned to Sydney and sat down to write again, Joseph found there was only one story left."There was actually no other story but this one to write," she tells ABC Arts.That story is Juicy: How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations, a funny yet devastating memoir that, gratifyingly, isn't just a document of falling apart.It chronicles a woman rebuilding herself in real time "And then I realised — I'm going to have to create it."The resulting chapter is both brutally honest and unexpectedly funny.She writes: "Here I am, robed up like Jesus in a fluffy, baby-blue bathrobe, quite literally being emotionally crucified … A whole fifteen years of possible reproductive age evaporated into thin air."Joseph is also acutely aware of the narrow lane Lebanese Australian stories are usually afforded."A lot of them are either family-oriented or tragedy because that's what's allowed or accepted," she says.Juicy refuses to be put in a box