{"product_id":"openings","title":"Caldwell Lucy: Openings [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So varied, so subtle, so tonally poised - a stunning collection.' \u003cbr\u003eTESSA HADLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the finest short-storywriters at work today. These stories are honest, finely nuanced and indelible in their impact.'\u003cbr\u003eWENDY ERSKINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You'll lose yourself in this collection and, most likely, find yourself too. Each story is a masterclass in attentiveness.'\u003cbr\u003eJAN CARSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe much-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMultitudes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI still sometimes wonder if one could draw a window in the wall, or in the air, and step through it together. To somewhere else, entirely new.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a passionate affair in Blitz-era London, to a highly charged Christmas party in Belfast, to a trip to Marrakech which could form a new family, the thirteen striking stories of Openings pulse with possibility and illuminate those fleeting but recognisable moments of heartbreak and hope that can change the course of a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It takes a writer as subtle, compassionate and clear-eyed as Caldwell to track the hidden forces that work upon us, to illuminate our secret selves. This is prose that liberates.'\u003cbr\u003eCLAIRE KILROY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Caldwell has a glorious skill for creating narratives in which every element works in perfect tandem.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Caldwell, Lucy","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51286056436051,"sku":"XV80571382750","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":48077848805715,"sku":"9780571382750","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/caldwell-lucy-caldwell-lucy-openings-2024-paperback-1175724521.jpg?v=1751130095","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/openings","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}