"A stunning collection" (Tessa Hadley) of thirteen powerful stories about motherhood and
marriage from acclaimed Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell. "It takes a writer as subtle
compassionate and clear-eyed as Caldwell to track the hidden forces that work upon us...This is
prose that liberates." --Claire Kilroy author of Soldier Sailor "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.' 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 stories in
Openings pulse with possibility and illuminate those fleeting but recognisable moments of
heartbreak and hope that can change the course of a life.
