Openings

<p><b>''One of the finest short-storywriters at work today.’ WENDY ERSKINE<br>''One of our best short story writers.'' <i>THE TIMES</i><br></b><b>‘Each story is a masterclass.'' JAN CARSON<br></b><b><h2>The much-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of <i>Multitudes</i> and <i>Intimacies</i>.</h2></b><br><i>I 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.</i><br><br>From a highly charged Christmas party in Belfast to a passionate affair in Blitz-era London, 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.<br><b><br>‘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.’ CLAIRE KILROY<br><br>‘Caldwell has a glorious skill for creating narratives in which every element works in perfect tandem.’<br><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i></b></p>